language of the court

The courtroom provides an institutionalized setting where social justice is negotiated through the questioning of witnesses. Nearly every turn-to-talk of the counsel contains a question and every turn-to-talk of the witness may or may not supply the information requested. Therefore, in order to get the relevant information from the witness and aiming at getting the information that in flavor to their clients. The counsel uses a variety of questioning techniques which will help them to …

… the case. The interpreter is also responsible for the sight interpreting of the legal documents to the witness. In the case we heard, one of the solicitor referred to an ordinance and he wanted to make sure that the witness read and understands the ordinance. Therefore, the interpreter then point out the specified ordinance to the witness and interpret it to the witness to make sure that she understands what is the ordinance about.