Timor-Leste Courts make available interpreters and translators to try and ensure the general population can follow court proceedings because in most instances, cases are heard in Portuguese.“The Courts have translators on hand. The Appeals Tribunal has one interpreter. At the Baucau Court there are three. In Oe-cusse there is one and as well, in Suai there is one. The Dili Court has four,” said Justice of Peace Jose Ximenes (04/06) from the Court of Appeals, in Caicoli, Dili.
He added, to become an interpreter the individual needs to be fluent in all the languages – Portuguese, English and Tetum – and they must also have knowledge of other local languages.
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