Client Confesses to a Crime
You're interpreting in a hospital emergency room for a man injured while drinking and driving. He's so drunk, he thinks he's going to die. Thinking this is his deathbed, he tells you that earlier in the evening he thinks he hit a pedestrian.
An Interpreter's Perspective:
An interpreter's worst nightmare - to be faced not only with interpreting under extreme circumstances, but also legally and morally having to report a potential crime. The law of the land supercedes our Code of Ethics, regardless of whether the information was divulged in confidence or in a drunken stupor. Try to maintain a professional attitude and avoid letting the tragedy tale over your emotions.
A Deaf Consumer's Perspective:
You're there to interpret everything. If you voice everything the man says, the hospital staff will know what the Deaf man thinks he did.