Confusion around Chinese contract localization
I’ve often had legal clients come to me for translation work, only to realize after an initial consultation…
Translating Hard Chinese Legal Concepts Using Perdurantism
A concept known as perdurantism can help clear up a lot of translation-driven disputes about how to characterize…
How Overconfidence Fuels Legal Translation Service Malpractice
Legal translators often exhibit overconfidence usually associated with superheroes, which ultimately leads to severe mistakes that border on…
The maze of syntax translations in legal documents
Readers of Chinese legal translations usually have to navigate a maze of confusing direct translations of Chinese syntactic…
Stakeholder-centered Legal Translation
The translation work that language service providers like CBL provide today is a professional service, much like the…
Databases for Legal Translation
Glossaries and word lists are used by most legal translators, but they get awful results and create documents…
Should Legal Translators Only Translate into their Native Language?
The Native Language Principle is a longstanding rule followed in Western Europe and the Americas. It dictates that…
Translator Misconceptions about Legal Practice
Last week, I wrote about the misconceptions lawyers have about translation that only serve to undermine their own…
Attorney Misconceptions About Certified Translation
Last week, I reviewed comments about translation from a very well-informed attorney at the Hague Law Blog and…
Attorney Misconceptions about Legal Translation
Attorneys have a lot of misconceptions about legal translation, which causes massive damage to clients largely due to…