Translation For Lawyers
This is a legal blawg of interest to lawyers who occasionally or regularly deal with clients, plaintiffs, defendants, and witnesses from other cultures or who encounter foreign-language evidence requiring foreign-language document translation in the course of litigation.
Author: Nina Ivanichvili is CEO of the legal translation service All Language Alliance Inc. She is also a court interpreter and an English-Russian translator, certified by the American Translators Association. She is author of the online CLE course, Cross-Cultural Depositions: A Guide for Lawyers.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Practice Management • Trials & Litigation • Evidence • International • Consultant
Recent Posts from Translation For Lawyers
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The EU Law Translations and Foreign Language Interpreting/ Translation in the EU
Translation-related and foreign language interpretation issues often come up in the courtrooms, as well as when conducting business in the EU. According to the EU case C-161/06 Skoma-Lux, the Court of Justice held that the…
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Interpreted Depositions and Objecting to Foreign Language Translations in International Depositions
Deposition interpreters and translators are commonly used in domestic, cross-cultural and international depositions. Objections are also common in such depositions. In the case Christman v. Ray, 42 I11. App., 111, involving parties from Switzerland and…
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Legal Translation Online, Attorney Translation Services and International Depositions
We're blogged about professional translation online, what litigators and trial lawyers should expect from deposition interpreters, and what mode of interpreting (consecutive or simultaneous) deposition translators and court interpreters should manifest during a cross-cultural deposition....
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Professional Translation and Determining Applicability of U.S. Employment Laws in International Setting
We've blogged about the role of professional translation services in determining the scope of U.S. employment discrimination laws in international setting. When confronted with the question of whether a U.S. employment discrimination law is applicable…
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Professional Translation Services and Scope of U.S. Employment Discrimination Laws in International Setting
We've blogged about court translations, professional translation online and employment contract translations provided in languages other than English to ensure worker safety and non-discrimination of foreign workers. One of the most complex legal questions is…
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What Trial Lawyers and Litigators Should Expect from a Deposition Interpreter
How can lawyers sense that they've been given a chance to work with an excellent deposition interpreter? When in the deposition process do they stop wondering: "What if this deposition interpreter is just so-so"? What…
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What Attorneys Should Know about Different Modes of Court Interpreting to Work with Court Interpreters More Effectively
Every week our deposition and legal translation firm receives requests for services of simultaneous legal interpreters or legal translators. After spending a few minutes on the phone with the law firm's representative we often discover…
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Multilingual Foreign Language Translations and Government Procurement
Multilingual document translation and language interpreting plays an important role in international transactions. In attempt to create an effective, multilateral framework of rights and obligations with respect to laws, regulations, procedures and practices regarding government…
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Professional Translation Services and International Petroleum Transactions
We've blogged about oil and gas industry translations and mulitilingual technical translation services for manufacturing and industrial companies. Petroleum and gas companies are perhaps one of the world's most global sectors, with transactions spanning across…
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Multilingual International Translation and International Insolvencies
We've blogged about international translation of multilingual legal and financial documents for foreign representatives and foreign receivers in foreign insolvency proceedings provided by online professional translation services. Although filing for insolvency is no easy…