01005686 Case File No. 002/19-09-2007/ECCC/TC E313 submissions before the Chamber.98 2.3.5.2. 37. Spelling of Names and Locations The spelling of certain names and locations on the Case File at times differ due to a number of factors ranging from a source’s origins, pronunciation of a name or its subsequent interpretation. The Chamber accepts that names and locations with similar, but not identical, spelling may refer to the same individuals or places. Further, given the Cambodian practice of adopting different names, as well as the prevalence of aliases and revolutionary names within the CPK, the Chamber notes that some individuals had various appellations.99 2.3.5.3. 38. Interpretation, Translation and Transcription Discrepancies Even with the safeguards and levels of review employed at the ECCC, errors in interpretation, translation and transcription may occur. The Interpretation and Translation Unit (ITU) and various Judges and Chambers took measures throughout the proceedings in an effort to reduce the number of errors and provide for their correction upon identification.100 Throughout the investigation and trial, the Defence had access to interpreters and translators. All parties had capabilities in all three official languages of the ECCC101 and therefore were well-positioned to identify 98 See e.g. Book by KHIEU S.: Cambodia’s Recent History and the Reasons Behind the Decisions I Made, E3/18, p. vi, ERN (En) 00103721 (KHIEU Samphan noted that he often refers to Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon and the Destruction of Cambodia (E3/88) by William SHAWCROSS and that he learned a “great deal” about events in the 1970s and 1980s from book by David CHANDLER, Ben KIERNAN and Michael VICKERY), pp. 10-11, ERN (En) 00103728 (Referring to excerpts from E3/88), pp. 11-12, ERN (En) 00103728-29 (Referring to excerpts from Cambodia 1975-1982 (E3/1757) by Michael VICKERY), pp. 20-21, ERN (En) 00103733 (Referring to excerpts from Brother Number One: A Political Biography of Pol Pot (E3/2816) by David CHANDLER), p. 73, ERN (En) 00103759 (Citing Brother Enemy: The War After the War (E3/2376) by Nayan CHANDA); Book by KHIEU S.: Considerations on the History of Cambodia from the Early Stage to the Period of Democratic Kampuchea, E3/3855, pp. 54-58, ERN (En) 00498275-7 (Referring to and citing Pol Pot: A History of a Nightmare (E3/9) by Philip SHORT and The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge (E3/1593) by Ben KIERNAN); NUON Chea’s Closing Submissions in Case 002/01, E295/6/3, 26 September 2013, n. 581 (Relying on Book by W. SHAWCROSS: Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon and the Destruction of Cambodia, E3/88, 1979). 99 KAING Guek Eav Trial Judgement, para. 58. 100 Memorandum from Chief of Court Management Section to the President of the Trial Chamber, E195/2, 15 August 2012, paras 2-3; Decision on Defence Notification of Errors in Translations (PTC), No. 2, 17 December 2010, para. 10. 101 Decision on Request by the Defence for KHIEU Samphan for Trilingual Notification of the Supreme Court Chamber’s Decisions (SCC), E163/5/1/15, 30 April 2013, para. 4. Case 002/01, Judgement, 7 August 2014 - Public 19

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