Q: During a Court hearing an Office of Language Interpreter mistranslated for an LEP Individual. How can this be remedied?
This caused false understanding that continues to-date for approximately 1 year at this point. As an example, I heard that the word Eviction was translated into a word from a different language, that if translated back to English, would be Inadmissible or Not Allowed to Enter, instead of Ejectment. I wrote this to Court and no response was given regarding this.
A: The New York Court System rarely responds to this type of complaint. You need to inform the lawyers who will try to answer you who did you address this complaint to. Just stating you wrote to the court and have no response could mean you did write to the right person or you did not.
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