Use Authentic texts not Globish as Legal Translation References
Most legal translators doing research are relying on unreliable previously translated texts, often those that were machine translated.…
Translating Chinese Law with Semiotics
Translators of Chinese law today continue to apply a medievalist, Catholic Jesuit approach to their work. Despite years…
Shared Consciousness in Legal Translation
Neuroscience is extremely important in the study of translation, as language is essentially a product of the mind…
Weaponized Legal Translation
Inaccurate translations are now being weaponized in the legal process to attack what are actually innocent parties. Much…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
How to apply lexicogrammar to Chinese-English translation
Unbeknownst to many, seemingly impossible Chinese-English translation challenges can be solved by applying lexicogrammar. This linguistic approach offers…