Nadja Capus, Professor of Criminal Law, Faculty of Law, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Cornelia Griebel, Postdoc Researcher, Faculty of Translation Studies, Linguistics and Cultural Studies, University of Mainz (FTSK), Germany and Ivana Havelka, Postdoc Researcher, Centre for Translation Studies, University of Vienna, Austria

‘This interdisciplinary work on multilingual communication surveillance bridges Law, Criminology, and Translation and Interpreting Studies (TIS), reaching beyond academia to engage key stakeholders, including police officers, magistrates, and intercept interpreters and translators (IIT). Drawing on rich empirical data and providing extensive further reading, this volume is an invaluable resource for both practitioners and scholars who recognize the critical link between language and legal evidence.’

• ContentsPreface1 Introduction to Multilingual Communications Surveillance in Criminal Law2 The legal context3 The translational process4 The products of intercept interpreting-translation5 Reliability of translated intercept evidence (TIE) and other written translata used as evidence6 Competences7 Current conceptions of the role of intercept interpreters-translators (IITs) as guides for the futureIntercept with Interpreters survey

Nadja Capus, Professor of Criminal Law, Faculty of Law, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Cornelia Griebel, Postdoc Researcher, Faculty of Translation Studies, Linguistics and Cultural Studies, University of Mainz (FTSK), Germany and Ivana Havelka, Postdoc Researcher, Centre for Translation Studies, University of Vienna, Austria

‘This interdisciplinary work on multilingual communication surveillance bridges Law, Criminology, and Translation and Interpreting Studies (TIS), reaching beyond academia to engage key stakeholders, including police officers, magistrates, and intercept interpreters and translators (IIT). Drawing on rich empirical data and providing extensive further reading, this volume is an invaluable resource for both practitioners and scholars who recognize the critical link between language and legal evidence.’

• ContentsPreface1 Introduction to Multilingual Communications Surveillance in Criminal Law2 The legal context3 The translational process4 The products of intercept interpreting-translation5 Reliability of translated intercept evidence (TIE) and other written translata used as evidence6 Competences7 Current conceptions of the role of intercept interpreters-translators (IITs) as guides for the futureIntercept with Interpreters survey

Nadja Capus, Professor of Criminal Law, Faculty of Law, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Cornelia Griebel, Postdoc Researcher, Faculty of Translation Studies, Linguistics and Cultural Studies, University of Mainz (FTSK), Germany and Ivana Havelka, Postdoc Researcher, Centre for Translation Studies, University of Vienna, Austria

‘This interdisciplinary work on multilingual communication surveillance bridges Law, Criminology, and Translation and Interpreting Studies (TIS), reaching beyond academia to engage key stakeholders, including police officers, magistrates, and intercept interpreters and translators (IIT). Drawing on rich empirical data and providing extensive further reading, this volume is an invaluable resource for both practitioners and scholars who recognize the critical link between language and legal evidence.’

• ContentsPreface1 Introduction to Multilingual Communications Surveillance in Criminal Law2 The legal context3 The translational process4 The products of intercept interpreting-translation5 Reliability of translated intercept evidence (TIE) and other written translata used as evidence6 Competences7 Current conceptions of the role of intercept interpreters-translators (IITs) as guides for the futureIntercept with Interpreters survey