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.…
Translating Chinese Brand Names
Legal translators often have a very hard time translating brand names correctly or usefully, and this causes big…
Revamping Legal English Education
Numerous countries are pursuing contradictory policies of training lawyers and linguists simultaneously in low-quality legal translation. In law…
How Translation killed the China Initiative
The China Initiative ended in 2022 as a result of accusations that the program prosecuted innocent people and…
Bland Terms in Translations tell Exciting Stories
Behind the seemingly bland language in corporate legal documents for translation are exciting stories. Most translators I’ve talked…
Knowledge hierarchies in China’s translation industry
Companies in China today spend a lot of money to hire native English language experts, and yet continue…
Chinese Policy Metaphors Translated
Translating metaphorical or indirect language from Chinese to English is one of the great puzzles of the field.…
Wukong’s Sexism Controversy came from its Echo Chamber
The big news story about Black Myth: Wukong ‘s sexual harassment scandal in my opinion is rooted in…