Why the Economist is Wrong About China’s Cultural Isolationism
The Economist fairly recently wrote an article that falsely claims China is losing interest in the west, because…
Shared Consciousness in Legal Translation
Neuroscience is extremely important in the study of translation, as language is essentially a product of the mind…
How Slow Should You Translate?
A common question faced by newer translators is how slow they should translate, which is a corollary of…
Weaponized Legal Translation
Inaccurate translations are now being weaponized in the legal process to attack what are actually innocent parties. Much…
English as Lingua Franca
Today, the majority of legal translation from Chinese occurs through the English as Lingua Franca process. While attorneys…
Legal Translators Are Expert Witness
Legal translators are expert witnesses, even if they are rarely or never treated as such. This implies that…
Translating Legal Memos Intelligibly
Legal translation is known for its emphasis on so-called literalness, but in the case of legal memoranda, this…
Document Fraud in Certified Translation
Document fraud is being combatted on a massive scale in the United States, and fraudsters are turning to…
Indefiniteness in Legal Translation
Legal documents are full of vague and ambiguous terms that don’t seem to refer to anything, and thus…
Chinese municipal districts translated using indexicality
A seemingly impossible translation challenge is to determine the corresponding terminology for municipal district types in modern cities.…