Keywords
professional liability
translatorproblems
Professional Liability Committee
State Examination Board
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Abstract
Although a law governing the profession of sworn translator and interpreter has been in force in Poland for over twenty years, the system of professional liability of sworn translators and interpreters requires urgent structural reforms. This article presents the dysfunctions of the current model that negatively affect the reliability, predictability, and impartiality of disciplinary proceedings, resulting from the author’s experience as an advocate before the Professional Liability Committee and as a sworn translator and interpreter. In addition, proposals for amendments concerning the functioning of the Professional Liability Committee have been made, with the aim of strengthening the prestige of the profession of sworn translator and interpreter, and ensuring more effective legal protection for those pursuing this profession.
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