o:2216 The Power of Inadequate Language Representation in Legal Procedures Monolingualism against Human Rights en Jezik, književnost, moć / Language, Literature, Power : zbornik radova, Filozofski fakultet u Nišu, 2023, str. 185-203 International instruments have long recognized the power of languages and established measures to mitigate and prevent the harm of language deprivation. Indeed, linguistic rights have increasingly been recognized as human rights. In a number of contexts, the effective realization of the most basic linguistic rights depends on the translation from a minority to a dominant language. Legal proceedings are an example, and the European Convention on Human Rights (Article 6) enshrines the right to interpretation and translation for those who do not speak or understand the language of the proceedings. However, monolingual ideologies still loom large on societies, resulting in a number of inadequacies that deprive the speakers of languages socially classified as minor of the necessary resources to enjoy their rights. This contribution will tackle two different contexts, Kosovo, and the Valencian country. Despite the legal obligation to avoid discrimination of speakers of non-dominant languages, judiciary practices discourage and endanger the maintenance and development of the regional and minority languages in both settings. This chapter addresses the lack of maturity of judiciary translation policies focusing on the accuracy, quality, and availability of translation, or lack thereof. In that way, we will show that from translator training to quality standards, societies’ preparedness vis-à-vis their increasing diversity requires improvement language representation, legal procedures, monolingualism vs multilingualism, minority, human rights 1552099 10.46630/jkm.2023.11 91552100 129958409 1552100 978-86-7379-618-5 2024-02-05T14:52:17.632Z 44 yes 46 Esther Monzo-Nebot Universitat Jaume I, Spain 106971657 0000-0001-5658-9967 Jasmina Đorđević Filozofski fakultet u Nišu person 51667465 0000-0001-6545-5581 2023 application/pdf str. 185-203 413720 https://phaidrani.ni.ac.rs/o:2216 no yes 18 70 11 1066457 1556237 18A13 185 203 Filozofski fakultet u Nišu 2023