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Languages
If you have a non-English speaking background, there are a number of free and confidential language assistance options available:
1. Telephone Interpreter Service - 131 450
The Translating and Interpreter Service offers direct telephone connection to language interpreters. Telephone 131 450 and ask the interpreter to connect you to the NSW Attorney General's Department's Community Relations Division on 1800 684 449 or (02) 9228 7484. Alternatively, telephone the agency you wish to talk to directly and ask them to connect you to an interpreter of your choice.
2. Legal Assistance Helpline - LawAccess NSW 1300 888 529
LawAccess NSW is a free government service that provides help to people with a legal problem or query. Contact the Translating and Interpreter Service on 131 450 and ask the interpreter to contact LawAccess NSW on 1300 888 529.
3. Web translation service
AltaVista Babel Fish is a free online web translation service. AltaVista Babel Fish can translate passages of text or entire Web pages into nine languages, or quickly translate a web page into your language of choice. Use this service by filling in the blue box located on the right.
4. Lawlink NSW agencies providing information in community languages
Translation accuracy
Translating languages is a very complex task. No automated translation is perfect nor is it intended to replace human translators. Expect the Altavista web translation service to allow you to grasp the general intent of the original language, not to produce a polished translation. You cannot obtain a quality translation by translating directly from English text into another language.
Consequently, do not rely on information translated from this site via Altavisa or any other web translation service. It is important that you get legal advice about any information you want to rely on in this website.
More information about using Altavista's web translation service.
Disclaimer
AltaVista and any other web translation services are outside the Lawlink NSW website and is not under the control of the NSW Attorney General's Department or its business centres.
We accept no responsibility for information and material found outside this site.
You should be aware that providers of linked sites will often have their own protocols, standards and terms of use in relation to their sites and the information which appears at them. We urge you to familiarise yourself with any such protocols, standards and terms of use.
We do not warrant or accept any liability in relation to the quality, operability or accuracy of the information on the Lawlink NSW website or its subsidiaries. See our Lawlink NSW Disclaimer.
Using Altavista's web translation service
Altavista Babel Fish provides free translation from English into the following languages:
Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Spanish
If you wish to use the Chinese, Japanese or Korean translation options you will need to have the characters for these languages installed on your computer. You can get these characters from the Microsoft web site. see: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
For more information about using the altavista translation service see: http://www.altavista.com/help/babelfish/babel_help
Other Online Translation Services
Google.com Google provides free translation from English into the following languages:
German
Spanish
French
Italian
Portugese
Freetranslation.com. This site provides free translation from English into the following languages:
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Dutch
Portugese
Norwegian
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
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