翻译技术速递New Mexico’s Language Access Services Best in U.S.
新墨西哥州的语言访问服务在美国最好。
In its recently released Justice Index, the National Center for Access to Justice (NCAJ) named the state of New Mexico as the number one state in the United States for language access services. The state received a score of 89.31 (out of 100) based on the NCAJ’s ranking system, which analyzed each state’s infrastructure for providing interpreters and other language access services within its judicial system.
New Mexico has a fairly high number of residents with limited English proficiency, so the ranking makes sense — as of 2015, a little more than 181,000 residents (roughly 9% of the state’s population) had limited English proficiency. Furthermore, the state ranked much higher than other states with larger populations of individuals with limited English proficiency.
For example, California, a state whose population of speakers with limited English proficiency made up about 17% of the state in 2015 ranked tenth, with a score of just 64.15 on the NCAJ’s index. Another state with a high population of residents with limited English proficiency, Nevada, had the fourth lowest score on the index, 15.09, despite this population making up roughly the same percentage of Nevada residents as New Mexico.
New Mexico’s chief justice Michael Vigil credits the state’s Administrative office of the Courts (AOC) for its high ranking — according to the local NPR affiliate in the state, KRWG, AOC has made language access services a major priority, funding interpreter and translation services to ensure that individuals with limited English proficiency are able to navigate the state’s court system effectively and fairly.
“Without language access services, many individuals would be unable to tell their story in courtrooms or file court documents across the state,” Vigil told KRWG. “New Mexico is leading the way in language access services, and I commend AOC’s Language Access Services program on reaching the number one ranking awarded by the NCAJ.”
Connecticut and Maryland round out the top three, with scores of 80.5 and 79.25, respectively. The lowest ranking states were Wyoming (with a score of 12.58), Alabama (12.58), and South Dakota (11.32).
在最近发布的《司法指数》中，国家司法公正中心（NCAJ）将新墨西哥州列为美国语言访问服务的第一州。根据NCAJ的排名系统，该州获得了89.31分（满分100分），该系统分析了各州在司法系统内提供口译员和其他语言访问服务的基础设施。
新墨西哥州有相当多的居民英语水平有限，因此排名是合理的-截至2015年，181000多名居民（约占该州人口的9%）英语水平有限。此外，该州的排名远高于其他人口较多、英语水平有限的州。
例如，加利福尼亚州，2015年该州英语水平有限的人口约占该州的17%，排名第十，NCAJ指数仅为64.15。另一个拥有大量英语水平有限的居民的州，内华达州，在该指数中得分第四低，为15.09，尽管该州人口占内华达州居民的比例与新墨西哥州大致相同
新墨西哥州首席大法官迈克尔·维吉尔（Michael Vigil）称赞该州法院行政办公室（AOC）的排名很高-据NPR在该州的当地分支机构KRWG称，AOC将语言访问服务列为主要优先事项，为口译员和翻译服务提供资金，以确保英语水平有限的个人能够有效和公平地管理州法院系统。
维吉尔告诉KRWG：“如果没有语言访问服务，许多人将无法在法庭上讲述自己的故事，也无法在全州范围内提交法庭文件。”。“新墨西哥州在语言访问服务方面处于领先地位，我赞扬AOC的语言访问服务项目达到NCAJ授予的第一名。
康涅狄格州和马里兰州分别以80.5分和79.25分位列前三。排名最低的州是怀俄明州（得分12.58）、阿拉巴马州（12.58）和南达科他州（11.32）。
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