Deadline-bound, often at weekends
The classic case. The deadline does not depend on who happens to be reachable nearby.
Sector · courts
The interpreter may sit somewhere else.
The German Courts Constitution Act expressly makes remote participation available. For weekend custody hearings, hearings and interviews conducted by the public prosecutor's office, that means no travel, no postponement and no falling back on an unqualified person.
The legal framework
Remote participation is provided for, not merely tolerated.
That is the decisive difference from many other participants in proceedings.
Relevant provisions
Section 185 GVG
Where proceedings involve persons who do not speak German, an interpreter must be brought in.
Section 185(1a) GVG
The court may permit that person to be in a different location during the hearing. The transmission takes place simultaneously in vision and sound.
Section 187 GVG
An interpreter must be engaged for accused and convicted persons who do not speak German.
The fee follows the JVEG. Billing is rounded up to half hours, with a surcharge between 11 pm and 6 am and on Sundays and public holidays. Section 201 of the German Criminal Code prohibits recording; the platform displays a notice before every join.
Typical situations
Where remote participation saves appointments.
Six situations in which travel currently dictates the schedule.
Custody hearing
Hearings and interviews
By the court or the public prosecutor
Shorter appointments for which travelling across the country is out of all proportion.
Guardianship and family matters
Hearings with sensitive content
With a gender preference for the interpreter on request.
Rare languages
From across the whole of Germany
When the regional court's list is empty for a language.
Short interim appointments
Judgments and discussions
Assignments under an hour, rounded up to half hours.
Sworn status required
Minimum level adjustable
You set it so that only generally sworn interpreters are asked.
In practice
What changes for the court registry.
Three points where the difference shows in scheduling.
Before
The list
Phone calls down the regional court's list, waiting for call-backs and, in case of doubt, postponing the appointment.
Meanwhile
The request
Enter the language, estimated duration and file reference. Requests go out in stages and whoever accepts first gets the assignment.
Afterwards
The record
A PDF record for each assignment as the basis for billing under the JVEG. No fee income flows through lingomatch.
For the main hearing we advise on-site interpreting.
For long hearings with several participants, for simultaneous interpreting over hours and wherever the interpreter needs to consult documents at the table, joining remotely is not the right approach. The decision rests with the court.
Next step
Let's talk aboutyour interpreting needs.
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