The provisions of the preceding Chapter apply mutatis mutandis to interpretation and translation. In this case, in Article 157-6, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 171, the phrase "when a court finds it appropriate in the following cases" is deemed to be replaced with "when a court finds it appropriate", and the phrase "means that allows the recognition of each other's presence and communication through the transmission of images and sound" is deemed to be replaced with "means that allows the recognition of each other's presence and communication through the transmission of images and sound (or, where interpretation or translation by that means is extremely difficult, means that allows simultaneous communication through the transmission of sound)".
前章の規定は、通訳及び翻訳について準用する。この場合において、第百七十一条において準用する第百五十七条の六第二項中「場合において、次に掲げる場合であつて」とあるのは「場合において」と、「方法に」とあるのは「方法（当該方法による通訳又は翻訳が著しく困難であるときにあつては、音声の送受信により同時に通話をすることができる方法）に」と読み替えるものとする。