
No applications for bail had been made for the two defendants. The message looped until the two were led out of the courtroom. To which Huang replied, “No English.”Ī clerk at the court opened Google Translate on a laptop computer, typed in words given to her by the judge, and a woman’s voice rang out from the computer saying, in Vietnamese, “Coming back on Monday”. The presiding judge for the case Geoff Evans informed Le Quoc Amli, 32 and Quan Hoang, 50, that the interpreter was absent and asked them if they understood English, Nottingham Post reported.

English Court uses Google Translate to talk to defendants – Asia Times Close Search for:Ī court in England reverted to Google Translate to tell Vietnamese defendants that their case was adjourned until Monday, after a court interpreter failed to show up.
