As interpreters speak for ourselves, will lawmakers listen?

It was just after ten in the morning, and the witness was crying. Step by step she explained in Spanish how she had suffered abuse at the hands of a doctor she trusted. One of many survivors to bring charges, she required an interpreter able to respect every nuance, emphasis, pause and expression in her videotaped statement. A microphone on my collar conveyed her testimony onto the official record.
My fifteen years as a certified language professional in California instilled the skills needed to