Interpreters’ Insights on Mock Forensic Interviews with Children

-Interpreters can play an important role in ensuring effective communication in the process of forensic interviews between an English-speaking interviewee, child witness or victim of abuse and/or neglect case, and a Japanese-language-speaking interviewer, professional with the background knowledge of child psychology.The aim of this research paper is to describe and evaluate potential challenges that may arise during these interpreter-mediated interviews.In further sections of the paper, the author will focus on interpreters' use of legal jargon, polite expressions, and interchangeable pronouns.After taking a closer look at the interpretation of lengthy compound sentences and child specific vocabulary, the author will make several suggestions on improving the overall quality of interpreter-mediated forensic interviews with children.