Shkarko - Gjykata Kushtetuese

II Department of Professional Support (DPS)
The DPS is responsible for providing professional services of translation, editing,
proofreading and terminology. In 2011, DPS organized and processed the translation of
approximately 23,000 pages of various documents and other paperwork in the Albanian,
Serbian, English and Turkish languages. DPS has also provided approximately 295 hours of
simultaneous interpreting during meetings, Court sessions, administrative sessions,
candidate interviews and other meetings.
In coordination with DCRSA, DPS has prepared the documentation for of the meetings of
Judges and deliberation sessions. DPS facilitated the processing of cases in Albanian,
Serbian and English languages. At the same time, it contributed to the publication of
decisions in the Albanian, Serbian, English and Turkish languages.
In order to build local translation capacities, DPS implemented methods of direct support
and balanced cooperation with Judges, Legal Unit and other Departments; with external
operators, DPS tried to improve and thereby increase the quality of translations and other
services of professional support.
DPS contributed to the completion of designing and implementing the Brand Book of the
Constitutional Court and redesigning the webpage. In compliance with the Identity Book of
the Constitutional Court, DPS has prepared technical specifications of products for the work
of the Court. DPS has prepared instructions for the professional drafting of official
documents. DPS has prepared professional tests and helped the recruitment of the
professional staff of IT and Multimedia Unit.
DPS achieved the following objectives:
• Standardization of official documents and decisions;
• Sharing ideas on drafting official documents in order to eradicate language and
terminological-legal mistakes that will benefit professional stability;
• Matching of the terminology of drafted and translated texts with the language of the
law.
The main challenges DPS faced were:
• Continuous development for the increase and advancement of professional capacities
through the exchange of experiences aiming to further improve and standardize fast,
professional and quality services.
• Full support in automatic software for the non-repetition of translation;
• Increase of efficiency and qualitative work volume; and
• Reduction of expenses for translation.
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