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Just a thought that popped into my head whilst drifting off to noddy land,

I speak 2 asian languages and a smattering of various dialects as well apart from obviously english.Is there anywhere that may require translators (voluntary).

 

Ugh I forgot brain was all fogged up I speak Urdu and Sindhi fluently and can understand and converse a bit in Punjabit Siraiki and balouchi.

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contact the council, not sure which department up here.

by law they are supposed to have translators available, these are used by vol orgs, police, medical staff etc. Though I must admit I've not seen them use anyone up here other than Herning, even then that was back in the klondyker years.

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I think the legal requirement is normally fufilled via telephone translation, so not sure if there would be much of a demand given the numbers likely to need the service. However those attending tribunals at Islesburgh (Housing benefit, disability benefit etc) would need to have a translator present for the hearing, so you could contact the tribunal service regarding that possibility, I know they have a code of conduct that must be agreed to and possibly training required to be taken for court attendance.

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The NHS is legally required to provide a translator if required, as are the police, courts, council and benifits office.

Speaking from experiance should a victim go to the police it is easier if they have a translator they can call on to be present to help rather than doing things down the telephone.

It's also easier for a health vistor to find out what they need to about how a child is doing, I had to find a persian translator once and the only non iraqi I could find at short notice was down the phone in edinburgh. But it's difficult to explain passing phones around.

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