- CPD Points: 2 [PM] [PS] [EW]
- Price: $140.00
- Area: Criminal Law; Legal Skills & Technique; People Skills & Management; Social Security / Welfare Matters
- Delivered: September 2025
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Description
Join an Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators (AUSIT) interpreter who specialises in police interviews and the use of language with legal practitioners. The session content will draw on insights from both police interview practices and legal professionals’ perspectives, offering a distinctive and practical focus for the role of an interpreter in this context.
This session is co-hosted with AUSIT and delivered by guest speaker, Associate Professor Miranda Lai of AUSIT who specialises in police interviews and the use of language with legal practitioners. The session content draws on insights from both police interview practices and legal professionals’ perspectives, offering a distinctive and practical focus.
Session Outline
- A consideration of the nature of police interviews
- The linguistic challenges in police interviews
- A look at the ethical challenges in police interviews
Key Takeaways
- An appreciation of the vulnerability of non-English speaking persons in police interviews
- Understanding of the linguistic and ethical challenges in interpreter-mediated police interviews
- How to work with the power asymmetry in police interviews and the facilitation of linguistic presence for non-English speaking persons in the setting.
- CPD Points: 2 [PM] [PS] [EW]
- Price: $140.00
- Area: Criminal Law; Legal Skills & Technique; People Skills & Management; Social Security / Welfare Matters
- Delivered: September 2025
Digital Content
- Recording
- PDF of slides
To purchase login below
Description
Join an Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators (AUSIT) interpreter who specialises in police interviews and the use of language with legal practitioners. The session content will draw on insights from both police interview practices and legal professionals’ perspectives, offering a distinctive and practical focus for the role of an interpreter in this context.
This session is co-hosted with AUSIT and delivered by guest speaker, Associate Professor Miranda Lai of AUSIT who specialises in police interviews and the use of language with legal practitioners. The session content draws on insights from both police interview practices and legal professionals’ perspectives, offering a distinctive and practical focus.
Session Outline
- A consideration of the nature of police interviews
- The linguistic challenges in police interviews
- A look at the ethical challenges in police interviews
Key Takeaways
- An appreciation of the vulnerability of non-English speaking persons in police interviews
- Understanding of the linguistic and ethical challenges in interpreter-mediated police interviews
- How to work with the power asymmetry in police interviews and the facilitation of linguistic presence for non-English speaking persons in the setting.
Miranda Lai, National Secretary, Australian Institute of Translators and Interpreters (AUSIT)
About the Presenter:
Dr Miranda Lai is an associate professor at RMIT University and a practising interpreter and translator. Her research spans police interpreting, forensic transcription, vicarious trauma, and interpreter education. She has co-authored key texts in the field, delivers training internationally, and is the current National Secretary of the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators (AUSIT).
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