There is controversy in Spain over the use of a new translation service in the country’s upper chamber of parliament.
The Partido Popular (PP) and the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español, PSOE) have agreed to rule out the possibility of launching a system of simultaneous interpretation in the Congress of Deputies similar to the one implemented by the Senate on Tuesday for the co-official languages. Read more.
See: El Mundo
Also see related article in English: BBC and Controversy rages over translators in Spanish Senate
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I wrote a letter to El País on this subject a while back.
The original article was this oneletter to El País on this subject a while back.
The original article was this one.
And Branchadell sent a reply to my letter.
It just seemed to me that to insist on using a language which needs to be interpreted for the majority of people in the Parliament to understand, when you are a native speaker of a language everyone understands, is political posturing.
My wife's family totally disagree with me by the way! ▲ Collapse
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