Section 752 Of Chapter 4. Interpreters And Translators From California Evidence Code >> Division 6. >> Chapter 4.
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. (a) When a witness is incapable of understanding the English
language or is incapable of expressing himself or herself in the
English language so as to be understood directly by counsel, court,
and jury, an interpreter whom the witness can understand and who can
understand the witness shall be sworn to interpret for the witness.
(b) The record shall identify the interpreter, who may be
appointed and compensated as provided in Article 2 (commencing with
Section 730) of Chapter 3, with that compensation charged as follows:
(1) In all criminal actions and juvenile court proceedings, the
compensation for an interpreter under this section shall be a charge
against the court.
(2) In all civil actions, the compensation for an interpreter
under this section shall, in the first instance, be apportioned and
charged to the several parties in a proportion as the court may
determine and may thereafter be taxed and allowed in a like manner as
other costs.