Part 1 Appendix (CPCITT) New Jersey Rules of Court, Part 1 Appendix (CPCITT): (CPCITT) Canon 5, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked

rule Part 1 Appendix (CPCITT) "(CPCITT) Canon 5" {
Limitations of Practice
Because interpreters, transliterators, and translators are responsible only for enabling others to communicate, they should not take a primary role in such communications and may take a secondary role (see below) only as necessary for assuring an accurate and faithful interpretation, transliteration, or translation.
(A) Interpreters, transliterators, and translators should avoid activities that may be reasonably construed to constitute the practice of law, e.g., giving any legal advice or answering parties' questions that would ordinarily be answered by an attorney.
(B) Interpreters, transliterators, and translators should not engage in any other activities that may be reasonably construed to constitute a service other than interpreting, transliterating, or translating during the course of performing their interpreting, transliterating, or translating duties.
(C) Interpreters and transliterators may assume a “secondary role” when they find it necessary to speak directly to the court to seek assistance in performing their duties, e.g., seeking direction when unable to understand or express a word or thought, requesting that speakers moderate their rate of communication or repeat or rephrase something, identifying interpreting errors, or notifying the court of their reservations about their ability to satisfy an assignment competently. In such instances they should make clear that they are speaking for themselves.
(D) Translators may assume a “secondary role” when they find it necessary to include an explanation in the translation of a text being prepared. In such instances they should make clear that that information is the translator's and not a part of the text.
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source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-10-28; corpus harvested 2026-09-02