Foreign Language Translation and Interpreting Experts, and Posthumous Personality Rights
Earlier we blogged about the role of foreign language translation and court interpreting services in pleading a case for libel. Professional foreign language translation services play an equally important role in cases involving posthumous personality rights. Under the constitutional, tort and estate laws of some states, one enjoys personality protection even posthumously. Accordingly, in order to recover damages, the infringement of one's personality rights must be a material infringement of the deceased's reputation and privacy. Typically, an infringement weighs the freedom of speech or expression rights that the defending party is claiming against the speechless nature of the deceased.
