Ontario had one accredited Arabic court interpreter, so the Crown asked to sever a murder trial. A tougher accreditation test shrank the workforce instead of improving it.
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Washington's proposed 2 million dollar cut would end Medicaid interpreter subsidies for 70,000 residents, shifting risk and cost onto clinics and patients.
Whitehall and the justice system spent 140 million pounds on translation last year, up 40 per cent in two years despite a cost-cutting drive, reigniting the language test row.
American Sign Language enrolment jumped more than 16 per cent from 2006 to 2009 while Spanish, French and German barely moved, according to Modern Language Association data.
US demand for translators and interpreters kept climbing through the recession, with global spending on language services estimated at $26 billion a year.
A whistleblower at Mission Essential Personnel says unqualified interpreters were sent into Afghan combat zones, and ABC News footage shows one of them inventing dialogue.
UK public sector cuts have wiped out state translation contracts, pushing language firms toward exporters chasing deals in China, India, Brazil and Russia.
From the docks to the life sciences sector, Liverpool has needed translators for two centuries: what legal, medical and creative language work actually involves.