While most countries have developed accredited, certified interpreting services to facilitate
communication between migrant populations and public service providers, in Italy service
providers turned to the associations created to assist the migrant populations. Rather than
just interpreting, the people sent by the associations also wished to act on the migrants'
behalf as cultural mediators. The guidelines put forward for the professional profile and
training of this figure include an unrealistic array of tasks, including interpreting, for which no …