Current Awareness » interpreters http://www.innertemplelibrary.com from the Inner Temple Library Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:34:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Regina v Applied Language Solutions Ltd – WLR Daily http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/03/regina-v-applied-language-solutions-ltd-wlr-daily/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/03/regina-v-applied-language-solutions-ltd-wlr-daily/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:46:52 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=82729 Regina v Applied Language Solutions Ltd: [2013] EWCA Crim 326;   [2013] WLR (D)  123

“Where a company had an agreement with the Ministry of Justice to provide interpreters, including interpreters for criminal proceedings, it was essential that an interpreter was provided on every occasion when one was required. If there was successive non-attendance of an individual interpreter or successive failures in systems a court was entitled to view that as amounting to serious misconduct rendering the company liable for the costs thereby incurred by the Crown Prosecution Service and the defence.”

WLR Daily, 25th March 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/03/regina-v-applied-language-solutions-ltd-wlr-daily/feed/ 0 Interpreter company wins costs order appeal – Law Society’s Gazette http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/03/interpreter-company-wins-costs-order-appeal-law-societys-gazette/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/03/interpreter-company-wins-costs-order-appeal-law-societys-gazette/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:56:19 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=82674 “The company contracted by the Ministry of Justice to provide court interpreters has won an appeal against a decision to award a third-party costs order after a sentencing hearing was adjourned due an interpreter’s non-appearance.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 26th March 2013

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/03/interpreter-company-wins-costs-order-appeal-law-societys-gazette/feed/ 0 Trials collapsing thanks to ‘shambolic’ privatisation of translation services – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/02/trials-collapsing-thanks-to-shambolic-privatisation-of-translation-services-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/02/trials-collapsing-thanks-to-shambolic-privatisation-of-translation-services-the-guardian/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:36:48 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=81692 “The privatisation of court interpreting services has been ‘shambolic’, MPs warn saying it has caused more trials to collapse and suspects to be remanded unnecessarily in custody.”

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The Guardian, 6th February 2013

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/02/trials-collapsing-thanks-to-shambolic-privatisation-of-translation-services-the-guardian/feed/ 0 More trials being disrupted over interpreter failings – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/12/more-trials-being-disrupted-over-interpreter-failings-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/12/more-trials-being-disrupted-over-interpreter-failings-the-guardian/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:21:14 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=80928 “Nearly 200 trials were disrupted or postponed in England and Wales in the first quarter of the year because interpreters provided by a private firm failed to appear, according to a damning report by the select committee.”

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The Guardian, 14th December 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

 

]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/12/more-trials-being-disrupted-over-interpreter-failings-the-guardian/feed/ 0 ‘Courtroom chaos’: Government accused of endangering justice by using cut-price courtroom interpreters – The Independent http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/10/courtroom-chaos-government-accused-of-endangering-justice-by-using-cut-price-courtroom-interpreters-the-independent/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/10/courtroom-chaos-government-accused-of-endangering-justice-by-using-cut-price-courtroom-interpreters-the-independent/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:58:05 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=79807 “Britain’s leading translators today accused the government of endangering justice with a cut-price private contract for courtroom interpreters, which is ‘dangerous to the interests of public safety.’”

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The Independent, 23rd October 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/10/courtroom-chaos-government-accused-of-endangering-justice-by-using-cut-price-courtroom-interpreters-the-independent/feed/ 0 Court interpreting criticised as ‘wholly inadequate’ in damning NAO report – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/09/court-interpreting-criticised-as-wholly-inadequate-in-damning-nao-report-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/09/court-interpreting-criticised-as-wholly-inadequate-in-damning-nao-report-the-guardian/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 08:53:24 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=78685 “The Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) privatisation of court interpreting services became ‘fully operational before it was ready’ and was initially ‘wholly inadequate’, according to a highly critical report by the National Audit Office.”

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The Guardian, 12th September 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/09/court-interpreting-criticised-as-wholly-inadequate-in-damning-nao-report-the-guardian/feed/ 0 Court interpreter checks ‘non-existent’ – BBC News http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/08/court-interpreter-checks-non-existent-bbc-news/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/08/court-interpreter-checks-non-existent-bbc-news/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:32:51 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=77246 “Interpreters from a private company have been working in courts in England and Wales without the required criminal record checks, the BBC has been told.”

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BBC News, 9th August 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/08/court-interpreter-checks-non-existent-bbc-news/feed/ 0 Trial suspended as bogus interpreter stands in for wife – Daily Telegraph http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/07/trial-suspended-as-bogus-interpreter-stands-in-for-wife-daily-telegraph/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/07/trial-suspended-as-bogus-interpreter-stands-in-for-wife-daily-telegraph/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:57:53 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=76173 “A court descended into farce when a man translating vital evidence revealed he was only there because his wife – the real interpreter – was too busy.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/07/trial-suspended-as-bogus-interpreter-stands-in-for-wife-daily-telegraph/feed/ 0 MPs to investigate ‘underperforming’ firm awarded £300m court monopoly – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/07/mps-to-investigate-underperforming-firm-awarded-300m-court-monopoly-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/07/mps-to-investigate-underperforming-firm-awarded-300m-court-monopoly-the-guardian/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:54:40 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=76112 “The way in which a private contractor was awarded a £300m monopoly of court interpreting services throughout England and Wales and the firm’s ‘underperformance’ are to be investigated by MPs.”

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The Guardian, 20th July 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/07/mps-to-investigate-underperforming-firm-awarded-300m-court-monopoly-the-guardian/feed/ 0 Court cases hampered by translation failures – Daily Telegraph http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/05/court-cases-hampered-by-translation-failures-daily-telegraph/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/05/court-cases-hampered-by-translation-failures-daily-telegraph/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 09:14:39 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=73023 “Up to 50 court cases a day were delayed or postponed because of failures by a translation contractor to provide an adequate service,.”

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Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/05/court-cases-hampered-by-translation-failures-daily-telegraph/feed/ 0 Plan to cut spending on court interpreters leads to farce – The Independent http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/05/plan-to-cut-spending-on-court-interpreters-leads-to-farce-the-independent/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/05/plan-to-cut-spending-on-court-interpreters-leads-to-farce-the-independent/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 08:52:25 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=72636 “A defendant dubbed a ‘pervert’ by mistake, a rabbit applying to be a Czech language specialist and solicitors using the Google Translate website to understand their clients: the debacle surrounding court interpreters has had its amusing moments.”

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The Independent, 21st May 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/05/plan-to-cut-spending-on-court-interpreters-leads-to-farce-the-independent/feed/ 0 Interpreting error leads to £25,000 retrial costs – The Lawyer http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/04/interpreting-error-leads-to-25000-retrial-costs-the-lawyer/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/04/interpreting-error-leads-to-25000-retrial-costs-the-lawyer/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:56:32 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=70867 “A trial at a London court collapsed last Friday after it was revealed that an interpreter employed by Applied Language Solutions had made a grave interpreting error.”

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The Lawyer, 17th April 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/04/interpreting-error-leads-to-25000-retrial-costs-the-lawyer/feed/ 0 Court staff forced to rely on Google Translate – Daily Telegraph http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/court-staff-forced-to-rely-on-google-translate-daily-telegraph/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/court-staff-forced-to-rely-on-google-translate-daily-telegraph/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:53:11 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=69804 “Court staff and lawyers have been forced to use Google Translate to communicate with non-English speaking defendants because of problems with the new interpreter service, it has been claimed.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/court-staff-forced-to-rely-on-google-translate-daily-telegraph/feed/ 0 Private court interpretation company ‘should face contempt proceedings’ – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/private-court-interpretation-company-should-face-contempt-proceedings-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/private-court-interpretation-company-should-face-contempt-proceedings-the-guardian/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:26:47 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=69212 “The attorney general has been urged to bring contempt of court proceedings against the private contractor awarded a monopoly to provide interpreters to all courts in England and Wales.”

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The Guardian, 19th March 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/private-court-interpretation-company-should-face-contempt-proceedings-the-guardian/feed/ 0 Violent clients, traumatised victims, late payment – the life of a court interpreter – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/violent-clients-traumatised-victims-late-payment-the-life-of-a-court-interpreter-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/violent-clients-traumatised-victims-late-payment-the-life-of-a-court-interpreter-the-guardian/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:40:31 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=69114 “Very few people know what the job of a professional court interpreter involves. ALS is trying to get it done on the cheap.”

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The Guardian, 15th March 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/violent-clients-traumatised-victims-late-payment-the-life-of-a-court-interpreter-the-guardian/feed/ 0 MoJ ditches new court interpreting system in face of major backlash – The Lawyer http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/02/moj-ditches-new-court-interpreting-system-in-face-of-major-backlash-the-lawyer/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/02/moj-ditches-new-court-interpreting-system-in-face-of-major-backlash-the-lawyer/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:40:40 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=67551 “The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has decided to allow courts to revert to the old system of selecting interpreters from the National Register of Public Service Interpreters (NRPSI) in order to avoid further hearings being adjourned as a result of interpreters from a new agency failing to turn up to court.”

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The Lawyer, 23rd February 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/02/moj-ditches-new-court-interpreting-system-in-face-of-major-backlash-the-lawyer/feed/ 0 Courts given green light to hire own interpreters as ALS struggles to cope – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/02/courts-given-green-light-to-hire-own-interpreters-as-als-struggles-to-cope-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/02/courts-given-green-light-to-hire-own-interpreters-as-als-struggles-to-cope-the-guardian/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:37:51 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=67215 “A £300m private contract providing interpreters to all courts across England and Wales has been partially abandoned two weeks after being launched.”

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The Guardian, 16th February 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/02/courts-given-green-light-to-hire-own-interpreters-as-als-struggles-to-cope-the-guardian/feed/ 0 Court chaos follows interpreter change – BBC News http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/02/court-chaos-follows-interpreter-change-bbc-news/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/02/court-chaos-follows-interpreter-change-bbc-news/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:15:13 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=66947 “The government is hoping to save £18m a year by changing how interpreters are provided for court hearings – but it is said the new system is causing chaos and costly delays.”

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BBC News, 13th February 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/02/court-chaos-follows-interpreter-change-bbc-news/feed/ 0 Row erupts over police interpreters – Law Society’s Gazette http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/02/row-erupts-over-police-interpreters-law-societys-gazette/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/02/row-erupts-over-police-interpreters-law-societys-gazette/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:40:41 +0000 sally http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/?p=46819 “Detainees at police stations in four areas of the north-west are at risk of miscarriages of justice due to the police forces’ use of inadequate interpreters, the Gazette has been told.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd February 2011

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/02/row-erupts-over-police-interpreters-law-societys-gazette/feed/ 0 Email claims lead to £30,000 libel payout – OUT-LAW.com http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/01/email-claims-lead-to-30000-libel-payout-out-law-com/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/01/email-claims-lead-to-30000-libel-payout-out-law-com/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:48:29 +0000 sally http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/?p=45567 “An interpreter has won £30,000 in libel damages over claims in an email sent to fellow interpreters which claimed that she abused her position in a trade body to further her private interests.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 14th January 2011

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/01/email-claims-lead-to-30000-libel-payout-out-law-com/feed/ 0 Iraqi interpreters to sue MoD for not protecting them – Daily Telegraph http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2009/07/iraqi-interpreters-to-sue-mod-for-not-protecting-them-daily-telegraph/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2009/07/iraqi-interpreters-to-sue-mod-for-not-protecting-them-daily-telegraph/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:32:08 +0000 sally http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/?p=23408 “A total of 25 claimants, most of them interpreters, claim they were owed a duty of care by the Government and are expected to launch legal action later this week, according to the BBC.”

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Daily Telegraph, 14th July 2009

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2009/07/iraqi-interpreters-to-sue-mod-for-not-protecting-them-daily-telegraph/feed/ 0 Army interpreter loses spy appeal – BBC News http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2009/06/army-interpreter-loses-spy-appeal-bbc-news/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2009/06/army-interpreter-loses-spy-appeal-bbc-news/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:27:55 +0000 sally http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/?p=22039 “An Army corporal who was the personal interpreter to Britain’s top general in Afghanistan has lost an appeal against his 10-year sentence for spying.”

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BBC News, 11th June 2009

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2009/06/army-interpreter-loses-spy-appeal-bbc-news/feed/ 0 Army spy is jailed for 10 years – BBC News http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/11/army-spy-is-jailed-for-10-years-bbc-news/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/11/army-spy-is-jailed-for-10-years-bbc-news/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:50:00 +0000 sally http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/?p=14782 “Army interpreter Daniel James, found guilty of spying for Iran last month, has been jailed for 10 years.”

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BBC News, 28th November 2008

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/11/army-spy-is-jailed-for-10-years-bbc-news/feed/ 0 British interpreter Daniel James found guilty of spying for Iran – The Times http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/11/british-interpreter-daniel-james-found-guilty-of-spying-for-iran-the-times/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/11/british-interpreter-daniel-james-found-guilty-of-spying-for-iran-the-times/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:28:40 +0000 sally http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/?p=13423 “A salsa dancing Army interpreter who worked for Britain’s top general in Afghanistan was today found guilty of spying for Iran.”

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The Times, 5th November 2008

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/11/british-interpreter-daniel-james-found-guilty-of-spying-for-iran-the-times/feed/ 0 No softening of asylum rules for the Iraqis who risked their lives – The Times http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/09/no-softening-of-asylum-rules-for-the-iraqis-who-risked-their-lives-the-times/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/09/no-softening-of-asylum-rules-for-the-iraqis-who-risked-their-lives-the-times/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:11:33 +0000 sally http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/?p=10499 “Lawyers acting for Iraqi interpreters who risked their lives working for the British military in Iraq failed yesterday to ease the tight conditions that must be met for them to be resettled in Britain.”

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The Times, 11th September 2008

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/09/no-softening-of-asylum-rules-for-the-iraqis-who-risked-their-lives-the-times/feed/ 0 ‘Betrayed’ Iraqi staff in test case over UK’s refusal to offer asylum – The Independent http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/04/betrayed-iraqi-staff-in-test-case-over-uks-refusal-to-offer-asylum-the-independent/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/04/betrayed-iraqi-staff-in-test-case-over-uks-refusal-to-offer-asylum-the-independent/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:06:17 +0000 sally http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/?p=5050 “Iraqi interpreters, clerical staff and labourers who face death threats and persecution after risking their lives working for British forces are challenging the Government’s refusal to grant them sanctuary in the UK.”

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The Independent, 14th April 2008

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