Multilingual Communications Surveillance In Criminal Law: The Role of Intercept Interpreter-translators

Professor Nadja Capus, Dr Cornelia Griebel, and Dr Ivana Havelka

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC-BY-4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Multilingual Communications Surveillance In Criminal Law highlights the vital yet overlooked roles of Intercept Interpreters and Translators (IITs) in criminal justice operations. Nadja Capus, Cornelia Griebel and Ivana Havelka conduct an interdisciplinary investigation, exploring IITs navigation of complex legal, linguistic and translational challenges. They advocate for improved practices to ensure quality, fairness and integrity in investigations within criminal proceedings when communication is monitored in multiple languages.

Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK · Northampton, MA, USA, Swiss National Science Foundation, 2024, 218p.