Fernando A. Gascón NasarreFernando A. Gascón Nasarre

Vicepresident APTIJVicepresident APTIJAbogado (Spanish lawyer)Abogado (Spanish lawyer)

Sworn translator for German (Intérprete Jurado de Alemán)Sworn translator for German (Intérprete Jurado de Alemán)

SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR

Ethics

Moral

•Reasonable

•Good faith

•Proportional

SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR

Code of professional ethics

Code of conduct:•Maximalist (how things should be)•Voice of previous experience

PREVIOUS TO LEGAL REGULATION

PREVIOUS TO LEGAL REGULATION

Directive 2010/64/EU

Need of professional ethics?

• No need of title.• No examination.• No verification of

competence.• No code of ethics.

The Police have arrested two people that were doing sworn translations in courts and police stations in Catalonia and that were linked to the leaders of the dismantled organisation.

16 Julio 09 - Madrid - Efe

TERUEL Hearing suspended because the only Chinese interpreter was the defendant.While in the dock, the accused offered himself to translate from Spanish into Chinese and viceversa. However, the judge rejected his kind offer.

03/03/2010 a las 06:00

03.09.09 - MÁLAGAIt sounded like Chinese to the interpreter. Hearing against an Eastern woman suspended because the interpreter could not speak Spanish.

Following the privatization of the serviceand the low fees, several police interpreters have been arrested under charges of fraud, Kidnapping and drug dealing.

When the Drugs and Organised Crime Unit of the Police was trying to identify one of the men in custody, they discovered that actually the drug dealer was one of their translators.

• Interpreters with criminal record• Amateurs with no training • Interpreters with wrong languages • Any kind of error

No rules

Social function

Interpreters

Lawyers

ONLYTOOL?

Accuracy / Professional secret

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