A Comparative Study of Interpreters in CAS Public Hearing-Transcript.docx

At the end of 2019, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), at the request of Sun Yang (one of the most famous swimmers in China), held a public hearing on whether Sun Yang breached the World Anti-Doping Code. During this hearing, the court decided to substitute the two simultaneous interpreters they initially hired with a consecutive interpreter, which has been much debated by the media. The primary aim of this study is to examine the accuracy of the interpretations provided by the two groups of interpreters and whether and how it has an impact on the court process. While analyzing the accuracy of these interpretations, the investigation of interpreting errors and the impacts or possible impacts caused by these interpreting errors were also conducted.