Thank you, Mr. Chairman. You can have a straight test for your language skills, however, sometimes we can recognize that a person is fluent, or a person is expert in his/her own language, can be tested for competency, for the level one, level two, interpreter one, interpreter two, and not necessarily have to take a course. Terminologies that are used by the interpreters, the method they are presented, using the common word, rather than multiple choice words for 29 different ways of saying snow for example, is being put on the test. So, that the person, when they are interpreting for the government, that the similar word or standard word is used for the purpose of legal documentation or other documentation that is required. In that respect yes, the testing is necessary in order to have the person be certified as a interpreter or translator. Thank you.
James Arvaluk on Committee Motion 160-12(2): To Adopt Recommendation No. 11
In the Legislative Assembly on September 23rd, 1992. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 160-12(2): To Adopt Recommendation No. 11
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
September 22nd, 1992
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James Arvaluk Aivilik
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