Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/01/11
By: Kuan-lin Liu and Wang Yang-yu

Taipei, Jan. 11 (CNA) The Legal Aid Foundation launched an interpreter service

Image taken from the Legal Aid Foundation official website

program at the beginning of this month for foreign nationals from Southeast Asia who do not speak Chinese and require legal assistance in Taiwan.

According to a press statement released Thursday, the foundation now offers interpreter services for the official languages of seven Southeast Asian nations — Indonesian, Vietnamese, Malay, Thai, Filipino, Burmese and Khmer (the official language of Cambodia).

The service, launched Jan. 1, is intended to facilitate the process through which Southeast Asian nationals in Taiwan can apply for the Legal Aid Foundation’s help, and provides interpreters who will be by the applicant’s side during the application and review process.    [FULL  STORY]