Legal documents are a fact of modern lifeâwhich begins with one certificate and ends with another. And in todayâs increasingly globalized world, it is more and more likely that at some point, you will have need of a professional legal translation service. It could be that you get hired to work in a foreign country, […]
There are three key factors in the production of almost any service: cost, speed and quality. Often, only two of these elements can be prioritized. When it comes to legal translations, however, we donât want to have to sacrifice any of these, so we end up doing our best to find the right balance, and […]
A Global Get-Together Part II Dublin was an excellent start, but we still had to experience the thrill of being in a more crowded space attending sessions on tons of different subjects to choose from. We caught our flight and, in no time, there we were: Londonâs LocWorld! At Localization World´s  Hammersmith venue we had […]
While surfing the Internet, I found this interesting article from U.S. News about the best jobs to have in 2011. It turns out that, within the category of “creative and service jobs”, I found translator and interpreter, along with commercial pilot, curator, heating and air conditioning technician, among others. Our profession is considered one of […]
Our daily dilemma in translating legal documents is ensuring that the precise legal language is easily understood by the reader. Legal phrasing leaves very few choices of terminology, because they have a single name. What happens is that each country is sovereign and therefore in a translation project there are different legal systems involved, so […]
Let’s say that you are dealing with some important paperwork between two languages (a birth certificate from a different country, perhaps) and suddenly the man on the other side of the desk says, “This document has to be translated by a certified translator.” What do you do then? Well, first of all, don’t panic. It’s […]
In an effort to make its relationship with non-Arabic countries more transparent and friendly, the United Arab Emirates (officially consolidated as a nation in 1971) is working on translating all of the laws it has passed into English. Access to this work will be essential to encouraging companies to invest in the territory and make […]
The following are the most important aspects of legal translations: The might contain the ambiguities that arise from terms, concepts, or institutions that do not coincide between the legal systems of the source and target languages. In order to properly complete the translation, the translator must use a reliable manual or dictionary that clearly defines […]
Recently I had to work on a long translation of a legal document, which is not the field I work with most often. I found myself once again working very hard on conforming to the standards and practices of “legal writing” in English. The concept is quite vague, since many options exist for word choice, […]
In another post, we mentioned this type of contract which is commonly used in todayâs market filled with the hustle and bustle of the business world. Adhesion contracts are pre-printed contracts used by the majority of companies who market mass products or services. The legal issue behind these âcontractsâ is the consent of one of […]