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LANGUAGE SERVICES IN THE MARYLAND COURTS FY 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

Programs _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1

Recent Innovations ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2

Court Interpreter Program ______________________________________________________________________________ 3

Staff Interpreters ________________________________________________________________________________________ 11

Telephonic Interpretation Services ____________________________________________________________________ 12

Translation Services ____________________________________________________________________________________ 16

APPENDIX _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 17

Figure 1. Court Interpreter Program Costs - FY15...................................................................................................................... 5 Figure 2. Circuit Court - FY15 - CIP Usage by Jurisdiction ....................................................................................................... 5 Figure 3. Circuit Court CIP Usage - FY15 - By Language .......................................................................................................... 6 Figure 4. Frederick Co. Circuit Court - CIP - Language Use - FY15 ...................................................................................... 7 Figure 5. Prince George's Co. Circuit Co. - CIP - Language Use - FY15................................................................................ 7 Figure 6. Baltimore Co. Circuit Court - CIP - Language Use - FY15 ...................................................................................... 8 Figure 7. District Court - CIP Usage by Jurisdiction - FY15 ..................................................................................................... 8 Figure 8. District Court, Montgomery Co. - CIP - Language Use - FY15 ............................................................................. 9 Figure 9. District Court, Somerset Co. - CIP - Language Use - FY15 .................................................................................. 10 Figure 10. Circuit Court - Telephonic Interpretation by Jurisdiction - FY15 ................................................................. 12 Figure 11. Circuit Court Telephonic Interpretation by Language - FY15 ........................................................................ 13 Figure 12. District Court - Clerks - Telephonic Interpretation by Language - FY15 ................................................. 13 Figure 13. District Court - Commissioners - Telephonic Interpretation by Language - FY15 ............................... 14 Figure 14. District Court Self-Help Center - Telephonic Interpretation by Language - FY15 ................................ 14 Figure 15. District Court Commissioners - Telephonic Interpretation Use by Location – FY15 .......................... 15

Table 1. Staff Interpreters (Spanish) in Maryland Courts ...................................................................................................... 11 Table 2. Telephonic Interpretation Expenditures - FY15 ....................................................................................................... 12

LANGUAGE SERVICES IN THE MARYLAND COURTS

Programs

The Maryland Courts serve persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) in a variety of ways and contexts. LEP individuals may contact the courts or court-based services by telephone or in person. Courts serve the needs of LEP persons at the counter in clerk’s offices, in self-help centers, at initial appearances, and protective order proceedings, in Commissioner’s offices, in mediation, evaluations, educational programs, as well as in full-length trials. Interpreters are provided for all court proceedings, as well as many court-related services and events. Other resources are available for interactions at the counter, on the phone or in less formal settings.

There are four primary resources available to court personnel in serving the needs of LEP individuals.

THE MARYLAND COURT INTERPRETER PROGRAM The Maryland Court Interpreter Program provides trained and certified foreign language and ASL interpreters for in-person interpretation of court proceedings and court-related events.

STAFF INTERPRETERS Some Maryland courts have access to full-time Spanish-speaking staff interpreters. These interpreters are available for all courtroom proceedings as well as in settings outside the courtroom.

TELEPHONIC INTERPRETATION SERVICES Clerk’s offices, commissioners, self-help centers and other court personnel have access to Language Line accounts. Language Line provides telephonic interpretation upon demand for a wide range of settings. Telephonic interpretation is not generally used for courtroom proceedings, however, when in-person interpretation is preferred and recommended.

TRANSLATION SERVICES Finally, the Access to Justice Department of the Administrative Office of the Courts, provides translation services for all Maryland courts. The service is available primarily for public documents including forms, brochures and web content.

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Recent Innovations

A number of important innovations were launched in Fiscal Year 2015 and in the first few months of Fiscal Year 2016 that will have important benefits for LEPs in Maryland.

IMPROVED INTERTERPRETER RULES AND PROCEDURES The Maryland Court of Appeals adopted revised Rules 1-332 (Accommodation Under the Americans with Disabilities Act) and Rule 1-333 (Court Interpreters), which took effect July 1, 2015.

One Request Only for Parties. The revised rule provides that parties need only request an interpreter one time. The court will provide an interpreter for each subsequent proceeding without requiring a separate request for each event. Since victims and witnesses are not required at every court event, they must continue to submit a request each time they need one. For parties, however, the procedure is streamlined and simpler.

Interpreters for Court-Related Events. The rule now specifies that, in addition to trials, hearings and matters held in open court, the court will provide interpreters in certain court-ordered services or events that are delineated in an administrative order of the Chief Judge.

CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERPRETERS The Maryland Judicial Council approved a proposal submitted by the Court Access and Community Relations Committee to require Maryland court interpreters to earn 16-hours of continuing education units every 2 years. The new requirement takes effect January 1, 2016.

ENHANCED TRANSLATION SERVICES The Access to Justice Department created a new web page to promote and encourage courts to take advantage of its translation services. See http://mdcourts.gov/interpreter/translationservices.html. Courts can use a newly developed form to request translation projects and the department has seen an increase in the demand for this service. Recently department staff met with staff from District Court Headquarters, the Department of Family Administration, and the Office of Communications & Public Affairs to coordinate the management of translated documents.

MULTILINGUAL SIGNAGE During Fiscal Year 2015, the Access to Justice Department made grants to 13 District Court jurisdictions and 3 Circuit Courts to fund the creation and installation of multi-lingual signage. The department’s Court Interpreter Program staff worked with local administrative clerks and court administrators to coordinate the translation of sign content which was funded directly by the department. Photos of some of the signs produced are included in the Appendix.

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Court Interpreter Program

The Access to Justice Department of the Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts manages the Court Interpreter Program. Program staff recruit, train, test and certify interpreters to meet the needs of LEPs using the Maryland courts.

REGISTRY Program staff maintain the Maryland Court Interpreter Registry. The registry provides court personnel with an easy reference to identify and engage interpreters for court events. The registry currently includes 565 interpreters, speaking 72 languages.

WORKSHOPS Prospective interpreters have two opportunities a year to participate in programs and workshops designed to help them gain certification. Twice a year program staff offer the following:

• Introductory Workshop • Language Proficiency Interviews • Written Examinations • Two-Day Orientation Workshop • Oral Examination Prep Workshop • Certification Examinations

In addition, specialty courses are offered throughout the year. In Fiscal Year 2015, programs were offered on the following topics:

August 16, 2014 Notetaking for Consecutive Interpretation Part 2

October 18, 2014 Illegal Drugs Information & Terminology

June 6, 2015 Ethical Challenges

June 27, 2015 English/Spanish Criminal Procedure Law Terminology- Latin American Reforms

Finally, program staff support and train local court interpreter coordinators in each District and Circuit Court. During Fiscal Year 2015 the following program was offered:

November 18, 2014 Court Interpreter Invoice Approver & Interpreter Coordinator Workshop

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CERTIFICATION Interpreters who have passed the written exam and a language proficiency interview are considered eligible, and may serve in court settings when certified interpreters are not available. Certified interpreters, those who have passed the written exam, the language proficiency interview and an oral certification exam, earn a higher hourly rate. Finally, there are some rare or unusual languages for which the program does not offer an exam, or where there are no certified interpreters available. These non-certified interpreters may be engaged by the courts and are entitled to an established rate. ASL interpreters are certified by an outside entity and all Maryland ASL interpreters are certified by either the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf or the National Association of the Deaf.

Program staff offer certification in 13 languages. Staff offer several workshops to help prospective interpreters prepare for the certification examination. Program staff proctor the certification exam. Exams are offered in the following languages:

• Arabic • Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian • Cantonese • French • Haitian-Creole • Korean • Mandarin • Polish • Portuguese • Russian • Spanish • Turkish • Vietnamese

Additional information on the requirements for Maryland interpreters may be found in Maryland Rule 1-333 and the Maryland Court Interpreters Handbook available at: http://mdcourts.gov/interpreter/pdfs/marylandcourtinterpreterhandbook2015.pdf.

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PROGRAM STATISTICS The Appendix to this report includes data reflecting Court Interpreter Program usage in the Circuit and District Courts. This data does not include the impact of staff interpreters. Courts with lower interpreter usage rates may be benefiting from the presence of staff Spanish interpreters.

District Courts used in-person interpreters for three times as many events (17,323) as Circuit Courts (5,744). Not surprisingly, however, Circuit Court interpreter costs exceeded those of District Courts, presumably because those court events are longer and more complex.

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Circuit Court usage is heaviest in the largest jurisdictions and drops significantly in smaller jurisdictions.

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District Court$1,421,524

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Figure 1. Court Interpreter Program Costs - FY15

Figure 2. Circuit Court - FY15 - CIP Usage by Jurisdiction

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Spanish represents approximately half of all Court Interpreter Program usage in the Circuit Courts.

Although Spanish is generally the language in highest demand for all types of interpreter services (in-person and telephonic), there are regional differences. As aforementioned, some jurisdictions may report lower usage of Spanish-speaking in-person interpreters because they have on-site staff Spanish interpreters. Still other regional differences are due to the presence of unique local populations.

For example, Frederick County Circuit Court expenditures for in-person court interpreters show a high demand for ASL and Burmese. Frederick County is the home of the Maryland School for the Deaf and has a large deaf population. Recent articles have also noted that Frederick County, along with Howard County, have high numbers of Burmese and Chin (from Western Burma) residents.

Spanish49%

ASL19%

All Others15%

Chinese4%

Korean4%

Vietnamese3%

French2%

Russian2%

Amharic2%

Figure 3. Circuit Court CIP Usage - FY15 - By Language

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Over three quarters of the Court Interpreter Program expenses in Prince George’s County Circuit Court are for services in Spanish, while other jurisdictions, like Baltimore County report more diversity in language needs.

ASL43%

Spanish30%

Burmese10%

Yoruba3%

Arabic2%

Vietnamese2%

Tagalog2%

All Others

8%

Figure 4. Frederick Co. Circuit Court - CIP - Language Use - FY15

Spanish76%

ASL12%

All Others3%

Amharic3%

French2%

Korean1%

Vietnamese1%

Chinese1% Arabic

1%

Figure 5. Prince George's Co. Circuit Co. - CIP - Language Use - FY15

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District Court Usage

District Courts use court interpreters for many more events than Circuit Courts, but the cost per event is lower due to the nature of these cases.

ASL24%

Spanish17%

All Others11%Czech

6%

Korean5%

Polish5%

Mandarin5%

Russian4%

French4%

Vietnamese3%

Urdu3%

Pashto3%

Nepali2%

Yoruba2%

Arabic2%

Greek1%

Figure 6. Baltimore Co. Circuit Court - CIP - Language Use - FY15

Figure 7. District Court - CIP Usage by Jurisdiction - FY15

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As in Circuit Courts, the demand for in-person interpreter services in District Courts is highest in Spanish, which represents over 50% of all funds expended on the program.

Like Circuit Courts, there are significant regional differences among District Court jurisdictions.

Montgomery County District Court meets the needs of an extraordinarily diverse population, for example, and provided in-person interpreters in 49 different languages during Fiscal Year 2015.

SPANISH51%

ASL8%

CHINESE6%

KOREAN5%

FRENCH3%

VIETNAMESE3%

PORTUGUESE3%

RUSSIAN3%

HAITIAN CREOLE2%

AMHARIC2%

INDIAN/PAKISTAN2%

ALL OTHER12%

All Others25%

Spanish21%

Chinese13%

ASL11%

Korean8%

Ethiopian7%

Vietnamese6%

French4%

Bengali3%

Russian2%

Figure 8. District Court, Montgomery Co. - CIP - Language Use - FY15

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Other jurisdictions, although small, reflect less diversity but still must respond to the needs of special populations within their borders.

Complete data for the Court Interpreter Program, along with data reflecting usage per jurisdiction, are in included in the Appendix.

Spanish55%Portuguese

28%

French11%

Haitian Creole

6%

Figure 9. District Court, Somerset Co. - CIP - Language Use - FY15

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Staff Interpreters

Maryland courts employ 21 Spanish-speaking staff interpreters. These full-time employees are available to interpret on demand for court proceedings, court-related services and between court staff and Spanish-speaking court users. Eleven (11) staff interpreters are located in District Court locations; ten (10) are located in Circuit Court locations.

Table 1. Staff Interpreters (Spanish) in Maryland Courts

DISTRICT COURT CIRCUIT COURT Anne Arundel Anne Arundel Baltimore City Baltimore City Baltimore County Baltimore County Howard Frederick Montgomery (5) Howard Prince George’s (2) Montgomery (5)

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Telephonic Interpretation Services

The Maryland Judiciary contracts with Language Line, a telephonic interpretation vendor, to provide phone-based interpreter services in all languages. Program staff provide Language Line posters and desk reference cards, and provide ongoing support and training in how to use telephonic interpretation services. Telephonic interpretation is not generally available for in-court proceedings when in-person interpretation services are recommended and preferred.

District Court Commissioners are by far the highest users of telephonic interpretation.

Table 2. Telephonic Interpretation Expenditures - FY15

PROGRAM USER ANNUAL EXPENDITURES – FY15 District Ct - Commissioners $ 175,051.89 District Ct - Clerks $ 4,114.05 District Ct - Self-Help Center $ 3,502.97 Circuit Courts $ 4,888.11 Total Telephonic Intepretation Expenditures $ 187,557.02

Circuit Courts

Telephonic interpretation appears to be used more heavily by some courts than by others. Although some jurisdictions may benefit from in-house staff interpreters, the data suggests that court personnel need additional training to ensure they are using telephonic interpretation when necessary to meet the unscheduled and less formal needs of LEPs that appear in Maryland courthouses.

Anne Arundel46%

Montgomery34%

Baltimore City6%

Prince George's4%

Talbot2%

All Others8%

Figure 10. Circuit Court - Telephonic Interpretation by Jurisdiction - FY15

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Telephonic interpretation is used in Circuit Courts for Spanish speakers, much more so than any other language. Spanish represents over 80% of all telephonic interpretation in the Circuit Courts.

District Courts

District Courts similarly are using telephonic interpretation primarily in Spanish, but with more diversity in clerk’s offices than Circuit Courts. Commissioner’s use is very heavily focused on Spanish.

SPANISH81%

AMHARIC5%

VIETNAMESE2%

FARSI2%

KOREAN2%

FRENCH2%

ALL OTHERS

6%

Figure 11. Circuit Court Telephonic Interpretation by Language - FY15

SPANISH70%

CHINESE4%

FRENCH4%

AMHARIC4%

URDU2%

ARABIC2%

VIETNAMESE2%

TIGRINYA2%

RUSSIAN2%

HAITIAN CREOLE

1%

KOREAN1%

ALL OTHERS6%

Figure 12. District Court - Clerks - Telephonic Interpretation by Language - FY15

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The District Court Self-Help Center, which, through Fiscal Year 2015 included two walk-in sites (Glen Burnie and Upper Marlboro), as well as the phone and live chat services in Annapolis, also uses telephonic interpretation to serve the public.

SPANISH91%

ALL OTHERS4%

CHINESE2%

KOREAN1%

FRENCH1% VIETNAMESE

1%

Figure 13. District Court - Commissioners - Telephonic Interpretation by Language - FY15

SPANISH55%

VIETNAMESE14%

KOREAN7%

CHINESE6%

FRENCH3%

AMHARIC3%

HAITIAN CREOLE

2%

ALL OTHER10%

Figure 14. District Court Self-Help Center - Telephonic Interpretation by Language - FY15

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Because of the manner in which telephonic interpretation is billed to clerk’s offices in the District Court, jurisdictional information about the use of the service is not currently available.

Location-based information for Commissioners’ use of telephonic interpretation is reflected in the chart below.

Complete data for telephonic interpretation in the Circuit Courts and by District Court clerks, commissioners and self-help centers is provided in the Appendix.

Rockville CPU26%

Hyattsville DC26%

All Others11%

Upper Marlboro10%

Baltimore City8%

Howard Det Ctr5%

Sweeney DC5%

Catonsville DC3%

Towson DC2%

Essex DC2%

Charles DC1%

Frederick1%

Figure 15. District Court Commissioners - Telephonic Interpretation Use by Location – FY15

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Translation Services

The Access to Justice Department recently developed a new web page featuring the department’s

translation services and has taken a number of steps to enhance the handling of translation project

requests. The Court Interpreter Program of the Access to Justice Department provides limited ongoing

translation services to the courts. Currently, these services are limited to the translation of official court

forms, signs, brochures, court instructions, and court web pages. To ensure quality and consistency in the

translation process, the Court Interpreter Program utilizes Morgan Language Services to handle all

translations.

While interpreting involves oral rendition, translating involves taking a written text in a source language

and providing a written translation in the target language.

The Maryland Judiciary has numerous District and Circuit court forms and brochures translated into

Spanish. A smaller number of forms and brochures is in the process of being translated into French,

Chinese, Korean, and Russian. Limited English proficient individuals can find these forms on the Court

Forms page.

A new notice was posted on the main courts webpage, www.mdcourts.gov, to help LEP individuals find the

multilingual content available on the website. By clicking on “Need an Interpreter” in English or any of five

languages (Spanish, Chinese, French, Korean or Russian), the user is directed to special information in that

language about how to request an interpreter. Eventually, those links will take users to a “landing page” in

that language with key information about the courts, including how to request an interpreter. The landing

page is currently available in Spanish. A Russian version has also been prepared and is awaiting posting.

The other languages are in the process of being translated for posting.

The Access to Justice Department has also begun translating the scripts for all self-help videos. Videos are

currently captioned in English and Spanish, and English and Spanish scripts are posted along with the

videos to aid those with sensory impairments. Our goal is to provide translated scripts in all priority

languages, and eventually to produce versions of each video narrated in Spanish and other key languages.

The department recently hosted a meeting with District Court Headquarters, Family Administration, and

the Office of Communications & Public Affairs, to plan for the effective management of translated content.

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Maryland Court Interpreter Program

• Certifi cation exams in 13 languages: Arabic, BSC (Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian),Cantonese, French, Haitian-Creole, Korean, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian,Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese. Certifi ed court interpreters in 11 languages.

• 72 languages listed on the Court Interpreter Registry for a total of 565interpreters. There are 320 eligible interpreters and 245 certifi ed interpreters(including 75 ASL interpreters.) List containing interpreter names is available forhospitals, schools, other public agencies, and law fi rms.

• Largest language need in the courts is for Spanish. Maryland has 19 Spanish courtinterpreters on staff in the Circuit and Districts Courts. Lesser language requestsare for Korean, Russian, Mandarin, Cantonese and Vietnamese.

• Translations of 51 District Court and Circuit Court forms have been completedin Spanish. In addition, brochures and posters have been translated for displayin court facilities. On-going forms translation continues in Russian and French.Other languages to follow.

• Twice yearly Introductory Workshops, Language Profi ciency Interviews, WrittenExaminations, a Two-Day Orientation Workshop and Certifi cation Examinations.In addition specialty classes are scheduled including DNA and Forensics, CrimeScene Investigation, Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse, Weapons, Drugs andIllegal Substances, and Gangs.

• To assist prospective interpreters, there are intermediate skills buildingworkshops, language skills classes for certifi ed Spanish interpreters andexamination preparation classes. An Arabic skills building workshop was held forthe fi rst time. Note-taking classes were delivered. To assist court employees, aninterpreter coordinator workshop was delivered by staff this Fall.

• Interpreters pay a modest fee for workshops and certifi cation exams. Fees aredeposited in the general fund. For FY 2015 to date: $16, 250 has been collected;FY 2014: $18,050 and in FY2013: $17, 060. Since FY 2008: $172,060.

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Court Interprter Program ‐ ALL CIRCUIT COURTS ‐ FY15 ‐ JURISDICTIONAL USE 11/13/2015

Row Labels Sum of Amount Count of Amount2 Percent of Costs Percent of Assignments

ALLEGANY 110.00$ 1 0% 0%

ANNE ARUNDEL 109,261.02$ 415 7% 7%

BALTIMORE CITY 206,842.18$ 752 14% 13%

BALTIMORE CO. 117,072.34$ 410 8% 7%

CALVERT 5,739.72$ 30 0% 1%

CAROLINE 5,113.05$ 21 0% 0%

CARROLL 17,367.95$ 77 1% 1%

CECIL 19,735.06$ 90 1% 2%

CHARLES 18,134.44$ 73 1% 1%

DORCHESTER 8,508.75$ 42 1% 1%

FREDERICK 94,587.91$ 306 6% 5%

HARFORD 52,796.81$ 214 3% 4%

HOWARD 76,706.61$ 414 5% 7%

KENT 1,702.24$ 8 0% 0%

MONTGOMERY 354,443.57$ 1,403 23% 24%

PRINCE GEORGE'S 326,912.07$ 1,073 22% 19%

QUEEN ANNE'S 4,108.77$ 13 0% 0%

SOMERSET 3,746.85$ 18 0% 0%

ST. MARY'S 3,942.43$ 15 0% 0%

TALBOT 28,368.54$ 114 2% 2%

WASHINGTON 15,032.57$ 63 1% 1%

WICOMICO 35,512.58$ 143 2% 2%

WORCESTER 14,323.84$ 49 1% 1%

Grand Total 1,520,069.30$ 5,744

Court Interpreter Program ‐ ALL CIRCUIT COURTS ‐ FY2015 ‐ LANGUAGE USE 11/13/2015

Row Labels Sum of Amount Count of Amount2

Albanian 872.1 2

Amharic 32875.2015 184

Arabic 20079.75575 98

Armenian 794.35 3

ASL 294656.677 657

Bambara 1233.84 2

Bengali 2482.26 9

Bulgarian 533.51 3

Burmese 11990.99 28

Cambodian 2155.21 8

Cantonese 2639.9 11

CART 14082.5 14

Chinese 12092.0355 52

Chinese (Cantonese) 2253.91 15

Chinese (Mandarin) 27216.54 121

Czech 7891.35 16

Ewe 3376.11 13

Fante 187.46 1

Farsi 5434.36 35

French 35819.508 186

French Creole 902.72 4

Fulani 1072.32 10

Ga 1020.84 4

Georgian 125.21 1

German 286.08 2

Greek 3830.78 18

Gujarati 1074.68 4

Haitian Creole 17505.09 75

Hakka Chin 262.16 1

Hausa 240 1

Hebrew 1527.36 6

Hindi 15985.22 53

Hungarian 219.3 1

Igbo 924.62 3

Indonesian 560 2

Ishan 102.37 1

Italian 1657.54 5

Japanese 2553.32 9

Khmer 1167.96 3

Kissie 2698.9 8

Korean 55537.384 252

Krio 2203.49 7

Lao 1877.29 7

Malayalam 428.38 1

Mandarin 18530.62 78

Mende 800 3

Court Interpreter Program ‐ ALL CIRCUIT COURTS ‐ FY2015 ‐ LANGUAGE USE 11/13/2015

Row Labels Sum of Amount Count of Amount2

Mizo 219.28 1

Nepali 5183.958 28

Oromic 590.84 5

Pashto 3299.32 6

Pidgin 2348.49 7

Polish 8627.422 26

Portuguese 6882.38 40

Portuguese, Spanish 247.42 1

Punjabi 5860.11 27

Punjabi, Hindi 359.63 1

Romanian 2073.46 9

Russian 34786.4045 139

Singhalese/Sinhala(Sri Lanka) 445.97 3

Somali 565.4965 4

Spanish 743229.09 3032

Swahili 1882.89 4

Tagalog 5084.41 24

Tagalog/Tagalog/Pilipino 6674.52 25

Tamil 2970.29 7

Telugu 2189.12 5

Thai 8925.81 25

Tigrinya 1386.4765 7

Turkish 2749.66 12

Twi 2240.27 9

Ukrainian 249.92 2

Urdu 13962.81 59

Uzbek 1019.0995 3

Vietnamese 38157.0115 201

Yoruba 6096.54 15

Grand Total 3040138.6 5745

Court interpeter Progarm ‐ ALL CIRCUIT COURTS ‐ FY15

LANGUAGE BY JURISDICTION11/16/2015

Row Labels Sum of Amount Percent of Amount

ALLEGANY 110.00$

Vietnamese 110.00$ 100%

ANNE ARUNDEL 109,261.02$

Arabic 2,583.96$ 2%

ASL 30,866.19$ 28%

Bengali 430.40$ 0%

Bulgarian 357.84$ 0%

Cantonese 1,394.27$ 1%

Chinese 2,169.89$ 2%

Czech 255.00$ 0%

Greek 752.11$ 1%

Kissie 2,698.90$ 2%

Korean 7,092.17$ 6%

Mandarin 1,341.74$ 1%

Polish 112.70$ 0%

Punjabi 388.85$ 0%

Russian 603.83$ 1%

Spanish 50,428.66$ 46%

Tagalog 333.96$ 0%

Vietnamese 7,450.55$ 7%

BALTIMORE CITY 206,842.18$

Amharic 446.22$ 0%

Arabic 3,489.92$ 2%

ASL 77,465.87$ 37%

CART 895.00$ 0%

Chinese 6,428.76$ 3%

French 3,669.85$ 2%

Greek 100.00$ 0%

Hebrew 119.85$ 0%

Hindi 211.43$ 0%

Korean 3,628.44$ 2%

Lao 174.85$ 0%

Mandarin 759.45$ 0%

Nepali 2,187.37$ 1%

Polish 1,794.45$ 1%

Russian 3,253.22$ 2%

Somali 178.50$ 0%

Spanish 97,654.09$ 47%

Tigrinya 203.76$ 0%

Urdu 2,835.66$ 1%

Uzbek 257.88$ 0%


BALTIMORE CO. 117,072.34$

Amharic 1,377.00$ 1%

Arabic 2,375.00$ 2%

ASL 28,636.88$ 24%




Burmese 580.78$ 0%

Cantonese 724.24$ 1%

Czech 7,242.74$ 6%

Farsi 117.46$ 0%

French 5,057.64$ 4%

Greek 1,524.63$ 1%

Gujarati 283.67$ 0%

Haitian Creole 412.14$ 0%

Hebrew 1,227.51$ 1%

Hindi 1,154.81$ 1%

Ishan 102.37$ 0%

Korean 6,297.18$ 5%

Malayalam 428.38$ 0%

Mandarin 6,002.08$ 5%

Nepali 2,644.67$ 2%

Pashto 3,299.32$ 3%

Polish 6,204.77$ 5%

Punjabi 832.56$ 1%

Romanian 238.31$ 0%

Russian 5,172.57$ 4%

Somali 387.00$ 0%

Spanish 20,385.85$ 17%

Swahili 511.15$ 0%

Tagalog 759.21$ 1%

Telugu 465.26$ 0%

Thai 103.74$ 0%

Tigrinya 221.69$ 0%

Turkish 1,445.10$ 1%

Ukrainian 249.92$ 0%

Urdu 3,660.33$ 3%

Uzbek 761.22$ 1%


Yoruba 2,456.63$ 2%

CALVERT 5,739.72$


Hindi 531.85$ 9%

Spanish 4,752.32$ 83%

CAROLINE 5,113.05$

Punjabi 596.24$ 12%

Russian 393.00$ 8%

Spanish 3,862.55$ 76%


CARROLL 17,367.95$

ASL 3,636.09$ 21%

CART 412.50$ 2%

Mandarin 154.72$ 1%




Spanish 12,294.78$ 71%


CECIL 19,735.06$

Arabic 945.64$ 5%

ASL 834.60$ 4%

Czech 393.61$ 2%

Portuguese 1,101.81$ 6%

Russian 1,349.12$ 7%

Spanish 15,110.28$ 77%

CHARLES 18,134.44$

ASL 2,099.96$ 12%

Cambodian 735.89$ 4%

Korean 772.43$ 4%

Mandarin 1,387.39$ 8%

Russian 236.65$ 1%

Spanish 12,653.83$ 70%

Tagalog 248.29$ 1%

DORCHESTER 8,508.75$


Spanish 5,347.15$ 63%


FREDERICK 94,587.91$

Arabic 2,332.07$ 2%

ASL 40,444.03$ 43%

Bengali 366.05$ 0%

Bulgarian 175.67$ 0%

Burmese 9,780.32$ 10%


Farsi 163.99$ 0%

French 110.00$ 0%

Italian 953.99$ 1%

Japanese 298.68$ 0%

Korean 190.22$ 0%

Mandarin 703.60$ 1%

Punjabi 1,685.21$ 2%

Russian 998.51$ 1%

Spanish 27,961.60$ 30%

Swahili 524.92$ 1%

Tagalog 1,798.47$ 2%

Twi 253.96$ 0%

Urdu 940.59$ 1%


Yoruba 2,436.01$ 3%

HARFORD 52,796.81$

Amharic 162.29$ 0%

Bambara 1,233.84$ 2%




CART 412.50$ 1%

Greek 121.31$ 0%

Gujarati 391.95$ 1%

Haitian Creole 1,896.23$ 4%

Japanese 326.16$ 1%

Korean 13,187.92$ 25%

Mandarin 3,713.04$ 7%

Nepali 214.29$ 0%

Spanish 29,116.11$ 55%


HOWARD 76,706.61$

Amharic 1,262.91$ 2%

Arabic 1,993.62$ 3%

Armenian 167.92$ 0%

ASL 11,991.39$ 16%

Burmese 861.98$ 1%


Hakka Chin 262.16$ 0%

Hindi 117.97$ 0%

Igbo 584.62$ 1%

Khmer 817.63$ 1%

Korean 7,672.11$ 10%

Mandarin 994.44$ 1%

Nepali 137.63$ 0%

Polish 308.20$ 0%

Punjabi 404.18$ 1%

Romanian 396.20$ 1%

Russian 420.52$ 1%

Spanish 40,864.24$ 53%

Tagalog 354.17$ 0%

Telugu 1,723.86$ 2%

Turkish 258.42$ 0%

Twi 285.72$ 0%

Urdu 2,518.84$ 3%


Yoruba 523.90$ 1%

KENT 1,702.24$

Spanish 1,702.24$ 100%

PRINCE GEORGE'S 326,912.07$

Amharic 9,527.34$ 3%

Arabic 1,871.96$ 1%

ASL 38,971.38$ 12%

Bengali 188.59$ 0%

Burmese 220.37$ 0%

CART 550.00$ 0%

Chinese 2,860.19$ 1%




Farsi 172.29$ 0%

French 6,992.63$ 2%

Greek 715.72$ 0%

Gujarati 399.06$ 0%

Hindi 409.21$ 0%

Igbo 340.00$ 0%

Japanese 282.13$ 0%

Khmer 350.33$ 0%

Korean 4,178.94$ 1%

Krio 827.37$ 0%

Mandarin 1,357.80$ 0%

Mizo 219.28$ 0%

Romanian 1,175.50$ 0%

Spanish 248,786.82$ 76%

Swahili 846.82$ 0%

Tagalog 1,385.39$ 0%

Tigrinya 297.83$ 0%

Urdu 115.76$ 0%


Yoruba 680.00$ 0%

QUEEN ANNE'S 4,108.77$

ASL 1,038.50$ 25%

Korean 291.13$ 7%

Spanish 2,779.14$ 68%

SOMERSET 3,746.85$

Arabic 607.14$ 16%

Spanish 3,139.71$ 84%

ST. MARY'S 3,942.43$

ASL 1,120.86$ 28%

Georgian 125.21$ 3%

Japanese 1,022.19$ 26%

Spanish 1,078.49$ 27%


TALBOT 28,368.54$

Spanish 28,368.54$ 100%

WASHINGTON 15,032.57$

Arabic 424.22$ 3%

ASL 1,541.98$ 10%

Hindi 411.66$ 3%

Mandarin 261.35$ 2%

Romanian 263.45$ 2%

Russian 583.31$ 4%

Spanish 11,143.18$ 74%


WICOMICO 35,512.58$





Hindi 180.00$ 1%

Japanese 624.16$ 2%

Korean 160.00$ 0%

Mandarin 478.50$ 1%

Portuguese 542.70$ 2%

Spanish 21,510.49$ 61%

Urdu 1,922.38$ 5%

WORCESTER 14,323.84$

Albanian 396.29$ 3%

Arabic 901.00$ 6%

ASL 2,389.49$ 17%

Cantonese 521.39$ 4%

Mandarin 1,376.51$ 10%

Spanish 8,060.22$ 56%

Turkish 678.94$ 5%

MONTGOMERY 354,443.57$

Albanian 475.81$ 0%

Amharic 20,099.44$ 6%

Arabic 2,555.23$ 1%

Armenian 626.43$ 0%

ASL 53,619.46$ 15%

Bengali 1,497.22$ 0%

Burmese 547.54$ 0%


CART 11,812.50$ 3%

Chinese 633.20$ 0%

Chinese (Cantonese) 2,253.91$ 1%

Chinese (Mandarin) 27,216.54$ 8%

Ewe 3,376.11$ 1%

Fante 187.46$ 0%

Farsi 4,980.62$ 1%

French 19,989.39$ 6%

French Creole 902.72$ 0%

Fulani 1,072.32$ 0%

Ga 1,020.84$ 0%

German 286.08$ 0%

Greek 617.01$ 0%


Hausa 240.00$ 0%

Hebrew 180.00$ 0%

Hindi 12,968.29$ 4%

Hungarian 219.30$ 0%

Indonesian 560.00$ 0%

Italian 703.55$ 0%

Korean 12,066.84$ 3%

Krio 1,376.12$ 0%




Lao 1,702.44$ 0%

Mende 800.00$ 0%

Oromic 590.84$ 0%

Pidgin 2,348.49$ 1%

Polish 207.30$ 0%

Portuguese 5,237.87$ 1%

Portuguese, Spanish 247.42$ 0%

Punjabi 1,953.07$ 1%

Punjabi, Hindi 359.63$ 0%

Russian 21,775.67$ 6%

Singhalese/Sinhala(Sri Lanka) 445.97$ 0%

Spanish 96,228.80$ 27%

Tagalog 204.92$ 0%

Tagalog/Tagalog/Pilipino 6,674.52$ 2%

Tamil 2,970.29$ 1%

Thai 8,822.07$ 2%

Tigrinya 663.20$ 0%

Turkish 367.20$ 0%

Twi 1,700.59$ 0%

Urdu 1,969.25$ 1%


Grand Total 1,520,069.30$

District Court ‐ COURT INTERPRETER PROGRAM ‐ FY15

JURISDICTIONAL USE11/13/2015

Row Labels Sum of Monetary Amount Count of Monetary Amount Percent of Costs Percent of Assignments

Allegany 3093.06 31 0% 0%

Anne Arundel 97623.23 1,587 7% 9%

Baltimore City 180133.58 2,756 13% 16%

Baltimore Co. 136476.33 1,770 10% 10%

Calvert 7534.5 88 1% 1%

Caroline 29994.68 267 2% 2%

Carroll 34819.47 472 2% 3%

Cecil 20976.25 322 1% 2%

Charles 47623.93 603 3% 3%

Dorchester 20146.69 296 1% 2%

Frederick 30861.86 623 2% 4%

Garrett 1248.97 14 0% 0%

Harford 41399.99 417 3% 2%

Howard 85541.26 1,221 6% 7%

Kent 9564.58 112 1% 1%

Montgomery 182713.72 1,978 13% 11%

Prince George's 265354.84 1,869 19% 11%

Queen Anne's 30639.39 352 2% 2%

Somerset 6139.9 91 0% 1%

St. Mary's 13958.69 107 1% 1%

Talbot 31295.51 440 2% 3%

Washington 31757.51 504 2% 3%

Wicomico 83247.31 1,027 6% 6%

Worcester 29379.17 376 2% 2%

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Grand Total 1421524.42 17,323


LANGUAGE USE11/13/2015

LANGUAGE Sum of Monetary Amount Count of Monetary Amount2 Percent of Costs Percent of Assignments

ALBANIAN 197.34$ 4 0% 0%

AMHARIC 4,161.52$ 34 0% 0%

ARABIC 15,651.95$ 256 1% 1%

ARMENIAN 1,354.17$ 8 0% 0%

ASL 111,953.48$ 1,255 8% 7%

BENGALI 11,900.38$ 64 1% 0%

BOSNIAN 968.58$ 7 0% 0%

BURMESE 13,390.69$ 187 1% 1%

CAMBODIAN 4,512.00$ 39 0% 0%

CART 3,562.50$ 9 0% 0%

CHIN 6,091.52$ 44 0% 0%

CHINESE 78,201.93$ 1,130 6% 7%

CHUUKESE 392.48$ 3 0% 0%

CZECH 1,885.00$ 17 0% 0%

DARI 227.51$ 3 0% 0%

DUTCH 376.30$ 3 0% 0%

ESTONIAN 355.67$ 3 0% 0%

ETHIOPIAN 28,511.86$ 427 2% 2%

EWE 630.27$ 3 0% 0%

FARSI 2,700.52$ 27 0% 0%

FINNISH 191.16$ 3 0% 0%

FRENCH 49,257.98$ 690 3% 4%

FULANI 236.25$ 2 0% 0%

GA 2,288.01$ 36 0% 0%

GEORGIAN 1,679.07$ 8 0% 0%

GERMAN 475.86$ 8 0% 0%

GREEK 3,418.03$ 48 0% 0%

GUJARATI 2,086.29$ 10 0% 0%

HAITIAN CREOLE 35,022.10$ 442 2% 3%

HAKKA CHIN 95.15$ 3 0% 0%

HEBREW 2,103.90$ 28 0% 0%




HINDI 966.74$ 6 0% 0%

HUNGARIAN 961.76$ 6 0% 0%

IGBO 2,313.47$ 10 0% 0%

INDIAN/PAKISTAN 27,979.68$ 406 2% 2%

INDONESIAN 1,643.11$ 10 0% 0%

ITALIAN 4,806.08$ 69 0% 0%

JAPANESE 1,349.13$ 11 0% 0%

KHMER 362.87$ 3 0% 0%

KINYARWANDA 1,666.04$ 14 0% 0%

KOREAN 65,280.55$ 997 5% 6%

KRIO 1,125.00$ 5 0% 0%

KURDISH 396.93$ 3 0% 0%

KYRGYZ 366.62$ 3 0% 0%

LAOTIAN 819.33$ 6 0% 0%

LITHUANIAN 101.16$ 2 0% 0%

LUGANDAN 340.00$ 1 0% 0%

MALAYALAM 659.72$ 6 0% 0%

MAM 378.76$ 2 0% 0%

MANDARIN 5,182.17$ 85 0% 0%

MINA 106.04$ 2 0% 0%

MONGOLIAN 1,038.90$ 5 0% 0%

NEPALI 9,267.15$ 121 1% 1%

PASHTO 572.88$ 4 0% 0%

PERSIAN 9,884.19$ 176 1% 1%

PIDGIN ENGLISH 124.53$ 2 0% 0%

POLISH 2,621.29$ 54 0% 0%

PORTUGUESE 38,896.25$ 560 3% 3%

ROMANIAN 600.99$ 7 0% 0%

RUSSIAN 36,059.21$ 495 3% 3%

SERBIAN 408.85$ 4 0% 0%

SINHALESE 958.28$ 11 0% 0%

SOMALI 2,509.96$ 20 0% 0%

SONINKE 651.37$ 4 0% 0%




SPANISH 729,727.27$ 8,377 51% 48%

SWAHILI 4,170.46$ 39 0% 0%

TAGALOG 6,683.32$ 75 0% 0%

TAJIK 536.26$ 3 0% 0%

TELUGU 2,908.13$ 23 0% 0%

THAI 4,902.72$ 61 0% 0%

TIGRINYA 547.18$ 4 0% 0%

TURKISH 4,477.57$ 56 0% 0%

TWI 908.04$ 5 0% 0%

UKRAINIAN 242.85$ 2 0% 0%

UNKNOWN 33.55$ 1 0% 0%

URDU 744.84$ 3 0% 0%

UZBEK 208.82$ 2 0% 0%

VIETNAMESE 48,890.53$ 701 3% 4%

WESTERN ARMENIAN 620.06$ 4 0% 0%

WOLOF 2,200.76$ 7 0% 0%

YORUBA 9,443.58$ 49 1% 0%

1,421,524.42$ 17,323



Row Labels Sum of Monetary Amount Count of Monetary Amount2 Percent of Costs Percent of Assignments

Allegany 3,093.06$ 31

ASL 636.95$ 5 21% 16%

French 333.95$ 2 11% 6%

Russian 713.47$ 6 23% 19%

Spanish 1,408.69$ 18 46% 58%

Anne Arundel 97,623.23$ 1587

Arabic 1,539.54$ 38 2% 2%

ASL 8,931.46$ 115 9% 7%

BENGALI 396.64$ 3 0% 0%

Burmese 461.24$ 6 0% 0%

Cambodian 868.80$ 6 1% 0%

Chinese 7,112.45$ 133 7% 8%

CHUUKESE 392.48$ 3 0% 0%

CZECH 1,196.07$ 14 1% 1%

Dari 227.51$ 3 0% 0%

DUTCH 376.30$ 3 0% 0%

Ethiopian 1,547.97$ 31 2% 2%

Farsi 165.90$ 3 0% 0%

French 1,367.44$ 24 1% 2%

Haitian Creole 359.79$ 9 0% 1%

HINDI 344.42$ 3 0% 0%

HUNGARIAN 481.42$ 4 0% 0%

Indian/Pakistan 4,002.84$ 73 4% 5%

Indonesian 402.83$ 3 0% 0%

Italian 450.81$ 9 0% 1%

Korean 6,615.46$ 134 7% 8%

KURDISH 396.93$ 3 0% 0%

Mandarin 668.75$ 12 1% 1%

Nepali 251.17$ 5 0% 0%

Persian 360.03$ 8 0% 1%

Polish 112.44$ 3 0% 0%

Portuguese 1,706.00$ 31 2% 2%

Russian 2,255.79$ 38 2% 2%

Spanish 45,819.29$ 730 47% 46%

Tagalog 984.89$ 10 1% 1%

TELUGU 1,007.05$ 9 1% 1%

Thai 110.08$ 3 0% 0%

Turkish 338.98$ 8 0% 1%

TWI 285.21$ 2 0% 0%

Vietnamese 5,030.61$ 101 5% 6%

YORUBA 1,054.64$ 7 1% 0%

Baltimore City 180,133.58$ 2756

AMHARIC 455.30$ 3 0% 0%

Arabic 5,675.17$ 92 3% 3%

ASL 24,361.71$ 257 14% 9%

BENGALI 1,263.22$ 10 1% 0%

Burmese 482.08$ 6 0% 0%

Chinese 10,594.21$ 160 6% 6%

Ethiopian 4,624.96$ 81 3% 3%

Farsi 472.43$ 7 0% 0%

Finnish 191.16$ 3 0% 0%

French 11,992.11$ 209 7% 8%

Greek 675.82$ 13 0% 0%

Igbo 745.02$ 4 0% 0%


Italian 430.04$ 9 0% 0%

Japanese 188.72$ 3 0% 0%




Kinyarwanda 320.00$ 1 0% 0%

Korean 5,313.12$ 89 3% 3%

LAOTIAN 819.33$ 6 0% 0%

Nepali 2,814.92$ 40 2% 1%

Persian 1,964.67$ 39 1% 1%

Polish 1,448.00$ 35 1% 1%

Portuguese 494.48$ 8 0% 0%

Russian 3,990.75$ 66 2% 2%

Somali 647.04$ 10 0% 0%

Spanish 85,197.12$ 1394 47% 51%

Swahili 1,606.64$ 23 1% 1%

TELUGU 458.19$ 3 0% 0%

Thai 984.82$ 18 1% 1%

TIGRINYA 457.18$ 3 0% 0%

Turkish 697.67$ 6 0% 0%

Vietnamese 5,045.46$ 81 3% 3%

WOLOF 510.97$ 3 0% 0%

YORUBA 866.00$ 6 0% 0%

Baltimore Co. 136,476.33$ 1770

Albanian 197.34$ 4 0% 0%

AMHARIC 180.09$ 2 0% 0%

Arabic 1,300.17$ 22 1% 1%

Armenian 979.27$ 4 1% 0%

ASL 12,204.73$ 100 9% 6%

BENGALI 2,033.72$ 6 1% 0%

Bosnian 871.94$ 5 1% 0%

Burmese 5,146.98$ 57 4% 3%

CART 1,350.00$ 3 1% 0%

Chinese 9,164.13$ 132 7% 7%

Ethiopian 1,249.26$ 22 1% 1%

French 1,331.26$ 10 1% 1%

GEORGIAN 675.25$ 2 0% 0%

German 111.74$ 2 0% 0%

Greek 306.66$ 5 0% 0%

GUJARATI 1,200.25$ 4 1% 0%


Hebrew 201.46$ 2 0% 0%

Igbo 1,568.45$ 6 1% 0%


Italian 1,745.96$ 26 1% 1%

Korean 3,423.26$ 61 3% 3%

MALAYALAM 274.81$ 2 0% 0%

Nepali 4,031.23$ 56 3% 3%

Persian 454.49$ 8 0% 0%

Polish 365.77$ 5 0% 0%

Portuguese 1,180.56$ 16 1% 1%

Romanian 302.71$ 3 0% 0%

Russian 13,246.42$ 189 10% 11%

Somali 444.62$ 4 0% 0%

SONINKE 651.37$ 4 0% 0%

Spanish 51,807.66$ 814 38% 46%

Tagalog 578.61$ 10 0% 1%

TAJIK 536.26$ 3 0% 0%

TELUGU 417.08$ 4 0% 0%

Thai 1,266.26$ 14 1% 1%

Turkish 99.54$ 2 0% 0%

UKRAINIAN 242.85$ 2 0% 0%

URDU 744.84$ 3 1% 0%

UZBEK 208.82$ 2 0% 0%




Vietnamese 6,489.59$ 77 5% 4%

WOLOF 669.79$ 2 0% 0%

YORUBA 1,881.17$ 6 1% 0%

Calvert 7,534.50$ 88

ASL 256.07$ 3 3% 3%

BENGALI 810.96$ 6 11% 7%

Chinese 1,043.97$ 12 14% 14%

French 644.38$ 7 9% 8%


Indian/Pakistan 90.00$ 1 1% 1%

Korean 200.30$ 3 3% 3%

KYRGYZ 366.62$ 3 5% 3%

MONGOLIAN 358.90$ 3 5% 3%

Nepali 246.22$ 4 3% 5%

Russian 547.63$ 8 7% 9%

Spanish 2,245.31$ 29 30% 33%

Vietnamese 490.58$ 6 7% 7%

Caroline 29,994.68$ 267

ASL 225.00$ 1 1% 0%

Haitian Creole 1,207.27$ 15 4% 6%

Portuguese 891.75$ 10 3% 4%

Spanish 27,333.25$ 239 91% 90%

Vietnamese 337.41$ 2 1% 1%

Carroll 34,819.47$ 472

ASL 1,929.07$ 22 6% 5%

Chinese 220.63$ 4 1% 1%

French 412.80$ 6 1% 1%


Korean 231.29$ 3 1% 1%

Mandarin 410.90$ 6 1% 1%

Persian 193.73$ 3 1% 1%

Polish 80.00$ 1 0% 0%

Russian 519.20$ 8 1% 2%

Spanish 29,266.42$ 395 84% 84%

Vietnamese 1,335.26$ 21 4% 4%

Cecil 20,976.25$ 322

Arabic 317.59$ 5 2% 2%

ASL 1,606.34$ 19 8% 6%

Chinese 1,746.59$ 20 8% 6%

French 244.40$ 2 1% 1%



Korean 275.78$ 4 1% 1%

Portuguese 343.65$ 2 2% 1%

Russian 666.55$ 9 3% 3%

Spanish 14,284.66$ 242 68% 75%

Vietnamese 235.88$ 2 1% 1%

Charles 47,623.93$ 603

Arabic 175.80$ 3 0% 0%

ASL 2,862.61$ 29 6% 5%

Burmese 969.28$ 12 2% 2%

Chinese 513.74$ 6 1% 1%

Ethiopian 184.61$ 3 0% 0%

French 3,020.23$ 39 6% 6%

Greek 461.00$ 8 1% 1%


Korean 442.70$ 8 1% 1%

Nepali 240.21$ 3 1% 0%

Portuguese 180.56$ 3 0% 0%




Russian 874.77$ 12 2% 2%

Spanish 36,060.94$ 453 76% 75%

Tagalog 491.14$ 9 1% 1%

Vietnamese 928.64$ 12 2% 2%

Dorchester 20,146.69$ 296

Chinese 916.55$ 13 5% 4%

French 955.71$ 12 5% 4%



Portuguese 5,700.30$ 85 28% 29%

Russian 569.75$ 4 3% 1%

Spanish 9,947.44$ 147 49% 50%

Turkish 261.66$ 4 1% 1%

Vietnamese 772.04$ 12 4% 4%

Frederick 30,861.86$ 623

Arabic 482.17$ 10 2% 2%

ASL 13,549.46$ 281 44% 45%

BENGALI 375.21$ 3 1% 0%

Burmese 1,211.24$ 33 4% 5%

Cambodian 454.40$ 8 1% 1%

Chinese 1,714.85$ 33 6% 5%

Farsi 330.69$ 8 1% 1%

French 739.05$ 15 2% 2%

German 176.81$ 4 1% 1%

Hakka Chin 95.15$ 3 0% 0%


KHMER 362.87$ 3 1% 0%

Kinyarwanda 165.17$ 4 1% 1%

Korean 675.23$ 13 2% 2%

Mandarin 839.46$ 18 3% 3%

Persian 505.75$ 12 2% 2%

Polish 162.42$ 4 1% 1%

Russian 395.41$ 8 1% 1%

SERBIAN 408.85$ 4 1% 1%

Spanish 3,885.86$ 75 13% 12%

Tagalog 219.63$ 4 1% 1%

TELUGU 394.71$ 3 1% 0%

Turkish 160.24$ 4 1% 1%

Vietnamese 1,937.46$ 47 6% 8%

YORUBA 716.34$ 6 2% 1%

Garrett 1,248.97$ 14

Russian 497.53$ 3 40% 21%

Spanish 751.44$ 11 60% 79%

Harford 41,399.99$ 417

ASL 3,089.58$ 20 7% 5%

BENGALI 418.91$ 2 1% 0%

Burmese 284.61$ 2 1% 0%

Chinese 2,654.52$ 23 6% 6%

Ethiopian 90.00$ 1 0% 0%

French 1,935.12$ 17 5% 4%


Italian 741.69$ 7 2% 2%

Korean 1,101.12$ 11 3% 3%

Nepali 388.67$ 2 1% 0%

Persian 97.59$ 2 0% 0%

Polish 115.90$ 2 0% 0%

Portuguese 200.13$ 2 0% 0%

Russian 932.89$ 12 2% 3%

Spanish 24,480.17$ 267 59% 64%




Swahili 1,304.42$ 6 3% 1%

Tagalog 116.94$ 2 0% 0%

Thai 418.33$ 4 1% 1%

Turkish 316.88$ 6 1% 1%

Vietnamese 1,465.10$ 20 4% 5%

YORUBA 526.36$ 3 1% 1%

Howard 85,541.26$ 1221

Arabic 635.95$ 11 1% 1%

ASL 4,331.96$ 45 5% 4%

BENGALI 538.00$ 3 1% 0%

Burmese 2,826.46$ 49 3% 4%

Cambodian 405.48$ 3 0% 0%

CHIN 5,092.36$ 40 6% 3%

Chinese 5,614.81$ 94 7% 8%

CZECH 255.00$ 1 0% 0%

ESTONIAN 355.67$ 3 0% 0%

Ethiopian 297.03$ 6 0% 0%

French 5,012.59$ 63 6% 5%

Ga 851.00$ 18 1% 1%

GEORGIAN 369.20$ 3 0% 0%

GUJARATI 886.04$ 6 1% 0%


Hebrew 260.29$ 6 0% 0%


Italian 351.52$ 6 0% 0%

Korean 18,875.48$ 316 22% 26%

Lithuanian 101.16$ 2 0% 0%

Mandarin 810.99$ 14 1% 1%

Nepali 218.26$ 2 0% 0%

Persian 981.46$ 17 1% 1%

Portuguese 504.27$ 8 1% 1%

Russian 1,290.10$ 17 2% 1%

Sinhalese 90.00$ 1 0% 0%

Somali 398.30$ 3 0% 0%

Spanish 26,622.56$ 369 31% 30%

Swahili 907.65$ 8 1% 1%

Tagalog 245.40$ 6 0% 0%

Thai 448.63$ 5 1% 0%

Turkish 459.91$ 4 1% 0%

TWI 282.83$ 2 0% 0%

Unknown 33.55$ 1 0% 0%

Vietnamese 1,428.02$ 28 2% 2%

Kent 9,564.58$ 112

Portuguese 259.61$ 2 3% 2%

Spanish 9,062.48$ 108 95% 96%

Turkish 242.49$ 2 3% 2%

Montgomery 182,713.72$ 1978

AMHARIC 3,177.50$ 27 2% 1%

Arabic 1,627.90$ 26 1% 1%

Armenian 374.90$ 4 0% 0%

ASL 19,823.16$ 169 11% 9%

BENGALI 4,940.86$ 24 3% 1%

Bosnian 96.64$ 2 0% 0%

Burmese 1,150.51$ 14 1% 1%

Cambodian 2,783.32$ 22 2% 1%

Chinese 23,126.48$ 343 13% 17%

CZECH 433.93$ 2 0% 0%

Ethiopian 12,260.28$ 190 7% 10%

EWE 630.27$ 3 0% 0%




Farsi 1,731.50$ 9 1% 0%

French 8,304.54$ 114 5% 6%

Fulani 236.25$ 2 0% 0%

Ga 671.63$ 10 0% 1%

GEORGIAN 634.62$ 3 0% 0%

German 187.31$ 2 0% 0%

Greek 1,619.61$ 18 1% 1%

Haitian Creole 1,398.00$ 16 1% 1%

Hebrew 1,642.15$ 20 1% 1%

HINDI 622.32$ 3 0% 0%


Indonesian 783.29$ 4 0% 0%

Italian 1,086.06$ 12 1% 1%

Kinyarwanda 1,180.87$ 9 1% 0%

Korean 14,422.99$ 202 8% 10%

KRIO 340.00$ 1 0% 0%

LUGANDAN 340.00$ 1 0% 0%

Mandarin 2,452.07$ 35 1% 2%

Mina 106.04$ 2 0% 0%

MONGOLIAN 680.00$ 2 0% 0%

Nepali 887.98$ 7 0% 0%

Persian 3,756.03$ 63 2% 3%

Polish 172.66$ 2 0% 0%

Portuguese 3,173.15$ 46 2% 2%

Romanian 130.45$ 2 0% 0%

Russian 4,583.88$ 60 3% 3%

Sinhalese 868.28$ 10 0% 1%

Somali 1,020.00$ 3 1% 0%

Spanish 38,541.55$ 246 21% 12%

Tagalog 3,229.81$ 28 2% 1%

TELUGU 631.10$ 4 0% 0%

Thai 1,455.39$ 13 1% 1%

TIGRINYA 90.00$ 1 0% 0%

Turkish 430.00$ 2 0% 0%

TWI 340.00$ 1 0% 0%

Vietnamese 10,298.12$ 157 6% 8%

WESTERN ARMENIAN 620.06$ 4 0% 0%

WOLOF 1,020.00$ 2 1% 0%

Prince George's 265,354.84$ 1869

AMHARIC 348.63$ 2 0% 0%

Arabic 2,898.35$ 34 1% 2%

ASL 9,565.93$ 99 4% 5%

BENGALI 1,122.86$ 7 0% 0%

Burmese 858.29$ 8 0% 0%

CART 1,662.50$ 4 1% 0%

CHIN 999.16$ 4 0% 0%

Chinese 10,237.59$ 115 4% 6%

Ethiopian 7,271.08$ 78 3% 4%

French 10,882.51$ 145 4% 8%

Ga 765.38$ 8 0% 0%

Greek 354.94$ 4 0% 0%



Japanese 275.58$ 2 0% 0%

Korean 7,515.31$ 83 3% 4%

KRIO 785.00$ 4 0% 0%

MALAYALAM 384.91$ 4 0% 0%

MAM 378.76$ 2 0% 0%

Nepali 188.49$ 2 0% 0%




Persian 253.10$ 4 0% 0%

Pidgin English 124.53$ 2 0% 0%

Polish 164.10$ 2 0% 0%

Portuguese 263.57$ 4 0% 0%

Romanian 167.83$ 2 0% 0%

Russian 952.35$ 12 0% 1%

Spanish 191,505.70$ 1096 72% 59%

Swahili 351.75$ 2 0% 0%

Tagalog 816.90$ 6 0% 0%

Thai 219.21$ 4 0% 0%

Vietnamese 6,808.31$ 68 3% 4%

YORUBA 4,399.07$ 21 2% 1%

Queen Anne's 30,639.39$ 352

Chinese 241.13$ 2 1% 1%

French 443.37$ 5 1% 1%


HUNGARIAN 480.34$ 2 2% 1%

Persian 262.57$ 4 1% 1%

Portuguese 212.12$ 2 1% 1%

Russian 248.13$ 2 1% 1%

Spanish 28,595.48$ 332 93% 94%

Somerset 6,139.90$ 91

French 679.96$ 8 11% 9%


Portuguese 1,689.46$ 28 28% 31%

Spanish 3,376.56$ 47 55% 52%

St. Mary's 13,958.69$ 107

ASL 1,705.28$ 9 12% 8%

French 509.44$ 5 4% 5%

Japanese 884.83$ 6 6% 6%

Korean 1,445.00$ 10 10% 9%

Russian 787.64$ 6 6% 6%

Spanish 6,583.82$ 58 47% 54%

Vietnamese 2,042.68$ 13 15% 12%

Talbot 31,295.51$ 440

CART 275.00$ 1 1% 0%



Korean 292.82$ 5 1% 1%

PASHTO 572.88$ 4 2% 1%

Persian 1,054.77$ 16 3% 4%

Portuguese 10,256.61$ 133 33% 30%

Spanish 17,352.99$ 259 55% 59%

Turkish 235.68$ 5 1% 1%

Vietnamese 280.36$ 3 1% 1%

Washington 31,757.51$ 504

Arabic 384.75$ 8 1% 2%

ASL 5,704.99$ 72 18% 14%

CART 275.00$ 1 1% 0%

Chinese 1,051.82$ 17 3% 3%

Ethiopian 986.67$ 15 3% 3%

French 449.12$ 7 1% 1%


Indonesian 456.99$ 3 1% 1%

Korean 723.31$ 12 2% 2%

Portuguese 228.53$ 4 1% 1%

Russian 993.14$ 15 3% 3%

Spanish 17,651.92$ 306 56% 61%

Turkish 209.29$ 3 1% 1%




Vietnamese 2,211.56$ 38 7% 8%

Wicomico 83,247.31$ 1027

Arabic 260.09$ 3 0% 0%

ASL 1,169.18$ 9 1% 1%

Chinese 1,467.95$ 14 2% 1%

Haitian Creole 28,049.90$ 338 34% 33%


Korean 3,727.38$ 43 4% 4%

Portuguese 10,029.54$ 152 12% 15%

Russian 380.52$ 5 0% 0%

Spanish 35,036.59$ 438 42% 43%

Turkish 663.03$ 6 1% 1%

Vietnamese 1,277.67$ 9 2% 1%

Worcester 29,379.17$ 376

Arabic 354.47$ 4 1% 1%

Chinese 780.51$ 9 3% 2%


Portuguese 1,581.96$ 24 5% 6%

Russian 1,613.29$ 15 5% 4%

Spanish 22,909.37$ 304 78% 81%

Turkish 362.20$ 4 1% 1%

Vietnamese 475.78$ 4 2% 1%

Grand Total 1,421,524.42$ 17323

Circuit Courts and AOC ‐ LANGUAGE LINE

FY15

JURISDICTIONAL USE

11/13/2015

Row Labels Sum of CHARGE Count of CHARGE2 Percent of Charge Percent of Assignments

Anne Arundel County 2,231.99$ 180 46% 34%

Baltimore City 315.56$ 42 6% 8%

Baltimore County 10.91$ 1 0% 0%

Calvert County 36.54$ 2 1% 0%

Caroline County 59.10$ 4 1% 1%

Carroll County 70.84$ 8 1% 2%

Cecil County 18.47$ 1 0% 0%

Dorchester County 29.77$ 5 1% 1%

Frederick County 67.89$ 6 1% 1%

Garrett County 19.13$ 1 0% 0%

Howard County 9.67$ 2 0% 0%

Montgomery County 1,655.69$ 239 34% 45%

Prince George's County 170.25$ 19 3% 4%

Program Services 13.01$ 1 0% 0%

Talbot Count 109.36$ 11 2% 2%

Unknown 18.76$ 2 0% 0%

Washington County 15.40$ 3 0% 1%

Wicomico County 35.77$ 4 1% 1%

Grand Total 4,888.11$ 531

Circuit Courts and AOC ‐ LANGUAGE LINE

FY15

LANGUAGE USE

11/13/2015

Row Labels Sum of CHARGE Count of CHARGE2 Percent of Costs Percent of Assignments

AMHARIC 263.23$ 44 5% 8%

ARABIC 60.50$ 7 1% 1%

ASHANTE 50.20$ 1 1% 0%

CANTONESE 4.59$ 1 0% 0%

FARSI 84.90$ 7 2% 1%

FRENCH 79.68$ 16 2% 3%

HAITIAN CREOLE 41.34$ 5 1% 1%

KOREAN 83.81$ 7 2% 1%

MANDARIN 28.17$ 3 1% 1%

PUNJABI 12.30$ 2 0% 0%

RUSSIAN 21.48$ 1 0% 0%

SOMALI 4.67$ 1 0% 0%

SPANISH 3,975.23$ 416 81% 78%

TAGALOG 23.66$ 1 0% 0%

THAI 5.53$ 1 0% 0%

TWI 38.55$ 2 1% 0%

URDU 16.80$ 2 0% 0%

VIETNAMESE 93.47$ 14 2% 3%

Grand Total 4,888.11$ 531

District Court ‐ CLERKS AND SELF‐HELP CENTER ‐ LANGUAGE LINE ‐ FY15



District Court of Maryland 4,114.05$ 764

AMHARIC 145.90$ 20 4% 3%

ARABIC 93.31$ 10 2% 1%

BENGALI 8.89$ 1 0% 0%

BURMESE 10.17$ 3 0% 0%

CAMBODIAN 15.46$ 2 0% 0%

CANTONESE 6.98$ 1 0% 0%

CZECH 0.68$ 1 0% 0%

FARSI 33.54$ 3 1% 0%

FRENCH 158.85$ 15 4% 2%

GUJARATI 0.75$ 1 0% 0%


HAUSA 16.24$ 1 0% 0%

HINDI 8.49$ 1 0% 0%

INDONESIAN 3.09$ 1 0% 0%

KOREAN 50.58$ 12 1% 2%

MAM 8.55$ 1 0% 0%

MANDARIN 176.79$ 29 4% 4%

MANDINGO 12.79$ 1 0% 0%

NEPALI 24.91$ 3 1% 0%

PORTUGUESE 22.26$ 3 1% 0%

RUSSIAN 65.02$ 9 2% 1%

SPANISH 2,869.83$ 609 70% 80%

TAIWANESE 1.89$ 1 0% 0%

THAI 33.89$ 1 1% 0%

TIGRINYA 68.69$ 5 2% 1%

TURKISH 17.11$ 3 0% 0%

URDU 96.23$ 10 2% 1%

VIETNAMESE 85.62$ 9 2% 1%

WOLOF 20.67$ 1 1% 0%

District Court of MD ‐ Self Help Center 3,502.97$ 245

AMHARIC 89.55$ 8 3% 3%

ARABIC 6.31$ 1 0% 0%

BENGALI 25.73$ 2 1% 1%

BURMESE 36.58$ 4 1% 2%

CANTONESE 46.60$ 1 1% 0%

CZECH 20.25$ 1 1% 0%

FARSI 54.29$ 2 2% 1%

FRENCH 113.35$ 10 3% 4%


HINDI 35.65$ 3 1% 1%

KOREAN 229.33$ 10 7% 4%

LINGALA 13.17$ 1 0% 0%

MANDARIN 170.87$ 10 5% 4%

NEPALI 31.61$ 2 1% 1%

PORTUGUESE 6.74$ 1 0% 0%

PUNJABI 5.64$ 1 0% 0%

RUSSIAN 23.68$ 2 1% 1%

SPANISH 1,944.64$ 149 56% 61%

TAGALOG 8.74$ 2 0% 1%

TAMIL 12.57$ 1 0% 0%

URDU 21.79$ 3 1% 1%

District Court ‐ CLERKS AND SELF‐HELP CENTER ‐ LANGUAGE LINE ‐ FY15



VIETNAMESE 492.50$ 22 14% 9%

VISAYAN 36.55$ 1 1% 0%

Grand Total 7,617.02$ 1009

District Court ‐ COMMISSIONERS ‐ LANGUAGE LINE ‐ FY15

JURISDICTIONAL USE11/13/2015

Row Labels Sum of CHARGE Count of CHARGE2 Percent of Charge Percent of Assignment

9.55$ 6 0% 0%

4471 3.59$ 1 0% 0%

4471 Baltimore City 13,403.72$ 793 8% 7%

4471 Baltimore City IA 11.54$ 1 0% 0%

4474 Dorchester DC 890.48$ 33 1% 0%

4476 Somerset DC 99.29$ 3 0% 0%

4477 Wicomico DC 2,292.41$ 121 1% 1%

4482 Worcester S.H. 74.48$ 5 0% 0%

4483 Worcester OC 693.66$ 44 0% 0%

4484 Caroline DC 924.01$ 44 1% 0%

4486 Cecil DC 1,724.88$ 113 1% 1%

4488 Kent DC 658.06$ 44 0% 0%

4489 Queen Anne's DC 2,024.01$ 103 1% 1%

4492 Talbot DC 1,334.51$ 73 1% 1%

4495 Calvert DC 533.54$ 27 0% 0%

4497 Charles DC 2,534.93$ 149 1% 1%

4498 StMarys Det Ctr 486.98$ 26 0% 0%

4499 Hyattsville DC 45,040.30$ 2812 26% 25%

4499 Hyattsville DC IAA 31.98$ 1 0% 0%

4499 Hyattsville DC INITAIL APPEARANCE 2.50$ 1 0% 0%

4501 Upper Marlboro 17,761.98$ 1172 10% 11%

4501 Upper Marlboro IAA 15.96$ 1 0% 0%

4506 Rockville DC 526.32$ 50 0% 0%

4508 16.05$ 2 0% 0%

4508 Rockville CPU 46,346.19$ 3092 26% 28%

4509 Sweeney DC 7,935.60$ 374 5% 3%

4510 Glen Burnie DC 716.74$ 56 0% 1%

4511 Essex DC 3,428.45$ 184 2% 2%

4512 Towson DC 3,544.71$ 189 2% 2%

4513 Catonsville DC 5,074.06$ 280 3% 3%

4514 Harford Det Ctr 1,591.05$ 65 1% 1%

4516 Carrol DC 1,252.41$ 129 1% 1%

4517 Howard DC 1,789.60$ 215 1% 2%

4518 Frederick 2,519.78$ 146 1% 1%

4519 Washington DC 1,068.70$ 39 1% 0%

4520 Allegany DC 29.56$ 4 0% 0%

6154 7.52$ 1 0% 0%

6154 Howard Det Ctr 8,652.79$ 655 5% 6%

Grand Total 175,051.89$ 11054

District Court ‐ COMMISSIONERS ‐ FY15

LANGUAGE LINE

LANGUAGE USE

11/13/2015

Row Labels Sum of CHARGE Count of CHARGE2 Percent of Cost Percent of Assignments

AMHARIC 770.40$ 53 0% 0%

ARABIC 796.40$ 54 0% 0%

ARMENIAN 79.20$ 3 0% 0%

BENGALI 112.92$ 8 0% 0%

BURMESE 479.58$ 31 0% 0%

CAMBODIAN 33.12$ 1 0% 0%

CANTONESE 231.94$ 10 0% 0%

CHIN 114.63$ 11 0% 0%

CHUUKESE 25.13$ 1 0% 0%

CZECH 65.86$ 5 0% 0%

DUTCH 143.04$ 12 0% 0%

FARSI 246.78$ 18 0% 0%

FINNISH 1.80$ 1 0% 0%

FRENCH 1,092.41$ 76 1% 1%

GEORGIAN 15.81$ 1 0% 0%

GREEK 81.06$ 4 0% 0%

GUJARATI 9.21$ 1 0% 0%


HAUSA 5.53$ 2 0% 0%

HEBREW 147.67$ 4 0% 0%

HINDI 263.55$ 12 0% 0%

HMONG 0.84$ 1 0% 0%

HUNGARIAN 105.51$ 7 0% 0%

IBO 21.55$ 1 0% 0%

INDONESIAN 58.31$ 1 0% 0%

ITALIAN 158.88$ 8 0% 0%

JAPANESE 19.58$ 2 0% 0%

KAREN 0.79$ 1 0% 0%

KOREAN 2,238.39$ 136 1% 1%

LAOTIAN 27.08$ 3 0% 0%

MANDARIN 3,189.72$ 160 2% 1%

MONGOLIAN 1.42$ 1 0% 0%

NEPALI 348.68$ 22 0% 0%

PASHTO 59.67$ 2 0% 0%

PATOIS 27.27$ 1 0% 0%

POLISH 28.55$ 1 0% 0%

PORTUGUESE 248.69$ 18 0% 0%

ROMANIAN 160.89$ 9 0% 0%

RUSSIAN 505.59$ 26 0% 0%

SERBIAN 71.73$ 4 0% 0%

District Court ‐ COMMISSIONERS ‐ FY15

LANGUAGE LINE

LANGUAGE USE

11/13/2015

Row Labels Sum of CHARGE Count of CHARGE2 Percent of Cost Percent of Assignments

SINHALESE 65.98$ 2 0% 0%

SLOVAK 85.85$ 5 0% 0%

SPANISH 160,305.58$ 10165 92% 92%

SWAHILI 178.00$ 11 0% 0%

TAGALOG 120.17$ 11 0% 0%

TAMIL 5.88$ 1 0% 0%

TELUGU 79.79$ 5 0% 0%

THAI 12.27$ 1 0% 0%

TIBETAN 11.59$ 1 0% 0%

TIGRINYA 155.48$ 12 0% 0%

TONGAN 58.82$ 4 0% 0%

TURKISH 52.75$ 2 0% 0%

TWI 26.52$ 2 0% 0%

UKRAINIAN 64.38$ 4 0% 0%

URDU 154.06$ 13 0% 0%

UZBEK 17.57$ 1 0% 0%

VIETNAMESE 1,055.85$ 70 1% 1%

WOLOF 86.27$ 6 0% 0%

YORUBA 1.38$ 1 0% 0%

Grand Total 175,051.89$ 11054

Multiliingual Signage In Fiscal Year 2015 thirteen Maryland District Courts and three Circuit Courts were awarded grants to produce multi-lingual signage to enhance the accessibility of courts for persons with Limited English Proficiency. District 1 – Baltimore City District 2 – Dorchester District 6 – Silver Spring Circuit Court – Prince George’s Co. Circuit Court - Talbot

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