Training legal interpreters in an imperfect world

Proposals for teaching dialogue interpreting in the Italian court system where the limited resources available make the Anglo-Saxon style course unfeasible. The European Union adopted Directive 64/2010/EU in order to create certain minimum standards in the provision of legal interpreting. The Building Mutual Trust report provides guidelines to help Member States develop training courses to achieve these minimum standards. Italy has failed to introduce a system of accreditation or certification and set up the necessary training courses. The authors propose a minimum course, adopting a learner-centred approach with a strong theoretical underpinning, to enable Italyʹs untrained legal interpreters to achieve a discernible improvement in their performances while awaiting the effective implementation of the Directive.INGLESE