Translating justice: a Spanish glossary for New York City

The Vera Institute of Justice has developed a glossary in Spanish to serve as a resource for interpreters, translators, and bilingual staff at New York City's justice and public safety agencies, courts, and nonprofit organizations. We hope the use of these glossaries will improve limited English proficient New Yorkers' access to justice and will assist interpreters, translators, and bilingual staff in providing vital oral and written communication to the city's residents. The glossary includes 640 legal and criminal justice words and phrases used in New York courts, justice agencies, and nonprofit organizations. For easy use, the terms are organized both alphabetically and in the following categories: agency names, court proceedings & sentencing, detention & corrections, drugs & weapons, juvenile justice, law enforcement & investigations, penal law & offenses, and probation & parole.