Translation For Lawyers

International marriages and divorces require accurate legal translation and multilingual language interpretation services. A surprisingly common situation in international marriages follows these lines. There is an arranged marriage. The wife comes to the United States several months following the foreign marriage. When she arrives she finds that the husband already is in a relationship and the wife is ignored. The husband eventually sends the wife back to her native country and subsequently sues for divorce. Add to these facts the following: In Indian society divorce is socially unacceptable and a divorced woman will be shamed and take on an unmarriageable status.

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We've blogged about the need for professional translation and interpreting services when conducting negotiations or mediation in the Latino community, and the role of professional translation services during international franchise mediation and cross-cultural mediation, and about witness deposition interpreters during dispute resolution.   Always include the use of a foreign language interpreter in the pre-mediation agreement with the other parties. Even if the mediator is multilingual or bilingual, always hire a neutral foreign language interpreter.

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Professional translation and language interpreting services play an important role in international franchise mediation.  Because parties to a franchising relationship share trade secrets, trademarks and profits, disputes can easily happen. When a dispute arises, on the one hand, the party wants to make the wrong right but, on the other hand, the party wants to preserve the franchise relationship.  Thus, mediation is a popular choice for dispute resolution involving encroachment, financing, termination and renewal, as it offers a mutually beneficial, win-win solution.

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The key to successfully mediating any cross-cultural dispute is to understand both the similarities and differences that exist between the represented cultures. To do this, one has to understand the ethnic and national makeup of the specific cultural group, their cultural prerogatives, and body language.

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A rather recent trend in transnational business dispute resolution is the use of mediation as a method for reaching amicable solutions. However, a successful business mediation that involves representatives of different cultures, who speak different languages, creates unique challenges for all the parties involved. All too often language barriers, cultural differences and the parties' lack of understanding of each other's respective cultures, lead to a breakdown in the negotiation process.

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As our society becomes increasingly multicultural, the potential for cross-cultural disputes becomes more likely. Unlike same-culture disputes, cross-cultural disputes are difficult to mediate due to the unique challenge of having to understand the needs of someone from a different culture.

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