Promoting honesty in legal translation
Honesty is one of the major pillars of professionalism but has yet to become commonplace in the field…
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 Language Regulation Affects Legal Translation
Lack of clarity about language regulation often leads to legal translators being unable to produce clear translations that…
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…
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…
Three Kinds of Budget in Legal Translation
An open secret about legal translation services is that they are subject to not one, but rather three…
Chinese Contract Localization vs. Translation
The concepts and practices related to translation are usually confusing to lawyers, who generally apply the single label…
How translation companies deceive lawyers
In this Part III of the Lawyer Misconception Series, I want to explain how misinformation spread by unethical…
Attorney Misconceptions About Certified Translation
Last week, I reviewed comments about translation from a very well-informed attorney at the Hague Law Blog and…