Since only Mr Michael and one other member of the Welsh cabinet are fluent in Welsh, and only two others are learning, headphones with simultaneoustranslation are provided for members in the chamber.
At Campos Plaza in Alphabet City, a pair of brick towers near the East River, about 200 public housing residents gathered at a public meeting to hear about the proposal, with many listening on headphones to simultaneoustranslation in Spanish, Russian and Mandarin.
The session began with Mr. Mohammed and the other defendants ignoring the military judge and refusing to listen to simultaneous Arabic translation through headphones.
The Commission's argument is that because it has dedicated departments - one for simultaneous interpretation and one for translation of the written word - it can guarantee uniform quality across the board.