Legal battles over translation
A single word and even a punctuation mark can determine the outcome of a legal case, which often…
Promoting honesty in legal translation
Honesty is one of the major pillars of professionalism but has yet to become commonplace in the field…
Reference Documents for Legal Translation
Reference documents are a superior alternative to dictionaries because they are genuine primary sources, and not based on…
Minimum pricing policies for Chinese>English translation
According to the Translators Association of China, sham and misleading translations continue to plague the Chinese legal translation…
The tiny vocabulary effect in Chinese to English translation
The tiny English vocabularies of Chinese translators have resulted in a variety of absurdities that amount to much…
Foreign Counsel vs. Lawyer Linguists in China
The emergence of the Lawyer-Linguist profession offers a good solution to the shortage of native English-speaking foreign counsel…
When translation quality assessments turns vicious
Translation quality assessment (TQA) for Chinese-English translation almost always results in unsatisfactory outcomes. The most common outcome is…
Translation as a Consulting Service
Translation is a service, and that implies that some level of consultation is necessary for any client seeking…
Dysfunctional Organized Culture of Legal Translators
My language pair, Chinese<>English, is famous for a culture that causes companies to fall apart and ruin lives.…
How anchoring bias affects legal translation
The legal translation industry is currently grappling with a cognitive bias known as anchoring bias. This phenomenon has…