Translation For Lawyers

In the legal translation firm's White Paper "A Lawyer's Guide to Cross-Cultural Depositions" we talked about the importance of establishing a rapport between a deposing attorney and a non-English-speaking deponent to help overcome the deponent's mistrust and defensiveness. However, building respect when deposing a foreign-born witness is not even a consideration during hostile depositions where the witness speaks in a foreign language. In fact, some deposing attorneys have been known to act rudely towards a foreign language speaker during a deposition involving a foreign language deposition interpreter. But whether or not an attorney's rude behavior towards a foreign language speaker during a deposition is considered unethical behavior is a question the courts continue to struggle with.

Continue reading "Translated and Interpreted Depositions, Attorney Ethics and Bad Behavior Towards Foreign Language Speakers" »

When dealing with a foreign party during transnational litigation, the discovery and deposition process is often more tedious than it is when dealt with domestically. When conducting multilingual foreign language discovery and cross-cultural depositions requiring professional foreign language translation and interpreting services, keep these tips in mind:

Continue reading "Foreign Language Certified Translation, Foreign Language Depositions, and Multilingual Discovery Tips" »

As securities-fraud lawsuits go global, the need for professional foreign language live, print, and written translation services is on the rise. Late last year the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey entered a ruling that essentially excludes all non-U.S. purchasers of Shell securities from becoming a party in a class action lawsuit for security fraud filed in the United States.

Continue reading "Cross-Border Litigation Increases the Need for Professional Foreign Language Legal Translation Services" »

During a U.S. federal case, an attorney will often be required to take a deposition in a foreign country. Such foreign depositions, or cross-cultural depositions, if you will, often involve non-English-speaking witnesses and require services of professional foreign language court interpreters, fluent in the deponents' languages.

Continue reading "Witness Interview Translators, Deposition Interpretation & Translation Services in a Foreign Deposition in U.S. Federal Cases" »

Remote foreign language interpretation services, i.e. services provided by a foreign language interpreter who is not on-site, and, therefore, not in the presence of the speaker, have been around for a long time. Such live, real-time foreign language interpreting services are occasionally referred to as "telephone interpreting", "telephonic interpreting", and even "video interpreting". "Remote courtroom interpretation services, on the other hand, are still novel for many jurisdictions.

Nina has recently been quoted in the ABA Journal's article "Translation Station", which talks about a special telephone technology that allows foreign language interpreters to work remotely and interpret court proceedings in real time.

Continue reading "Author of "Translation for Lawyers" Legal Translation Blog Quoted in ABA Journal's Article on Remote Foreign Language Interpreting Services" »

As an Intellectual Property attorney you have a duty to ensure your client's property is protected from copyright and trademark infringements both in the United States and abroad. To do this, you must advise your client to seek foreign patents.

Continue reading "Patent Translations for Attorneys & Lawyers, and Protecting Your Client's Intellectual Property Both Here and Abroad" »