{"id":30388,"date":"2014-06-05T23:31:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T03:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=30388"},"modified":"2014-06-05T23:36:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T03:36:46","slug":"prof-marco-fiola-creates-canadas-first-on-line-english-tamil-legal-glossary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=30388","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Marco Fiola Creates Canada’s First On Line English -Tamil Legal Glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Staff
\nTorstar News Service<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Prof.<\/a>

Prof. Marco Fiola<\/p><\/div>\n

For separating couples, it\u2019s confusing enough to try to distinguish between shared custody and split custody in plain English. For people who must rely on, say, a Tamil interpreter to explain legal terms like those, it\u2019s an even bigger struggle, fraught with the possibility of big mistakes.<\/p>\n

In response to a provincial report raising concerns about the quality of court interpretation and the lack of Tamil interpreters, a Ryerson University language professor has launched Canada\u2019s first English-Tamil legal glossary to fill the gap.
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\n\u201cIn Toronto, we have more than 200 languages being spoken. We need to make sure both court interpreters and settlement agencies have a reliable, consistent and relevant resource to perform this work,\u201d said Marco Fiola, chair of Ryerson\u2019s department of languages, literatures and cultures.<\/p>\n

\u201cTranslation and interpretation happen in the city on a daily basis, but the training opportunity focuses mainly on English and French and not on other languages.\u201d<\/p>\n

The launch of the free online glossary was welcomed within Toronto\u2019s 60,000-strong Tamil Canadian community.<\/p>\n

Sri-Guggan Sri-Skanda-Rajah, a seasoned immigrant settlement counsellor, said he often comes across questionable interpretation while helping his clients deal with legal matters in court.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sit there and listen to the interpretation and I\u2019m not able to satisfy myself with the professional interpreters certified by the Attorney General\u2019s office,\u201d said Sri-Skanda-Rajah, of Tamil Eelam Society of Canada Multicultural Settlement Services.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are dealing with people\u2019s freedom and rights. If the interpretation is not adequate, people will very well end up in trouble. If you make a mistake on a single word, the meaning would be very different and the person would be in deep trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n

The English-Tamil glossary includes the 700 most commonly used legal concepts or terms, and is based on a similar interpretation tool between English and French. Similar resources, said Fiola, are already available in Chinese, Hindi, Punjabi, Russian and Spanish.<\/p>\n

Covering terms from \u201cabsolute discharge\u201d to the \u201cYouth Criminal Justice Act,\u201d the online tool explains their definitions in Tamil, in detail. \u201cThis has to do with the whole credibility of our justice system,\u201d Fiola said.<\/p>\n

As to the example of child custody: \u201cShared custody and split custody may sound the same, but there is no real room for misinterpretation,\u201d he said, pointing out that \u201cshared\u201d means parents each have a share of time with their children, while \u201csplit\u201d means the children will be separated to the custody of different parents.<\/p>\n

Creation of the glossary was funded by the Law Foundation of Ontario in collaboration with Ryerson\u2019s law research centre and Tamil-speaking interpreters, translators and lawyers.<\/p>\n

Fiola is also working on a French-Tamil version and developing a mobile app for the glossary. courtesy: metronews.ca<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Staff Torstar News Service For separating couples, it\u2019s confusing enough to try to distinguish between shared custody and split custody in plain English. For people who must rely on, say, a Tamil interpreter to explain legal terms like those, it\u2019s an even bigger struggle, fraught with the possibility of big mistakes. In response to …<\/p>\n

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