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Litigation

Sep. 14, 2000

Court Interpreters Lead a Precarious, Limbo-Like Life

By Mark McCaffrey. One might wonder whether Arnold Schoenberg, the father of atonal, discordant modern music, would have approved of the clashing sounds that California court interpreters, the Judicial Council and the Administrative Office of the Courts make together. Dissonant and hard to follow, it suggests the rumblings of a judicial subspecies rising in revolt against its overseer.

        By Mark McCaffrey
        
        One might wonder whether Arnold Schoenberg, the father of atonal, discordant modern music, would have approved of the clashing sounds that California court interpreters, the Judicial Council and the Administrative Office of the Courts make together. Dissonant and hard to follow, it suggests the ru...

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