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…
China’s Machine Translation Robots Have Become English Teachers
The increasing reliance on machine translation in the early stages of the English education process is one of…
How Language Regulation Affects Legal Translation
Lack of clarity about language regulation often leads to legal translators being unable to produce clear translations that…
Severance Provisions Tell Us About Legal Translation
In the hit fictional television show Severance, American corporate workers have their brains severed so that their work…
The translation service cost-cutting paradox
Cost-cutting, in the translation industry, is often seen like dropping money into a piggy bank. However, it leads…
Fast translation services are dangerous for customers
The Chinese translation market is dominated by translators that go extremely fast, as shown by how prices for…
How Trade Secret Compartmentalization Walls Off Legal Translators
Legal translators lacking sufficient professional experience often ask questions not geared toward improving their services to clients, but…
Can Machine Translation Replace English-Only Policies?
Will machine translation be the end of English-only policies in corporations? I believe that machine translation has evolved…