The current state of affairs in the UAMember state profiles

Resumen

This chapter presents an overview of the state of affairs in all 28 EU Member as regards legal interpreting. Over the course of a year, members of the Qualitas Project contacted informants in each Member State to gather information on a series of topics related to legislative mandates for interpreting, testing and training of legal interpreters, and the existence of regional or national registers of qualified interpreters. These are the results of their combined efforts. The results are presented in a country-by-country format with a summative analysis and conclusions provided in the last section. The profiles reflect the information that informants provided based on their own experience and expertise and the situation that existed at the time the survey was done (summer-fall 2013). Given the evolving nature of the field of legal interpreting, especially as regards compliance with Directive 2010/64, some of the information may already merit updating