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Preserve a correction and the source of knowledge

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Preserve a correction and the source of knowledge

During a fictional Swiss asylum interview, a person first gives a date and later explains that the date came from a different calendar. She remembers the order of events but not every exact day. She also distinguishes something she personally saw from a later report received through a relative. The questioner summarizes both as direct observation on a fixed date. The person objects, but the interpreter is asked to move on because the record has already been typed. A legal representative is present. The interpreter has no authority to determine credibility, select a stronger account, or guarantee asylum. The task is to preserve the actual statements and enable accurate clarification through the responsible process. The setting supplies no legal deadline, status entitlement, or rule allowing the interpreter to alter the official record privately.

1. Welche drei inhaltlichen Unterschiede müssen erhalten bleiben?

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Preserve the original date and explicit calendar-related correction, relative chronology versus uncertain exact dates, and firsthand observation versus information later reported by another person. These distinctions should not be silently merged into a more definite account.

2. Wie ist auf die beanstandete Zusammenfassung zu reagieren?

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Convey the objection and the needed language clarification to the responsible interviewer so the record can be addressed through the proper procedure. Distinguish the participant’s correction from an interpreter error. Do not coerce confirmation, privately edit the record, or decide the legal significance.