American Bar Association’s formal opinion on language access requires attorneys to arrange for language services needed by clients — unless the cost becomes “too expensive.” Continue reading
Madrid-based LSP Seprotec takes on new majority owner as Spain’s Nazca Capital becomes latest private equity firm to enter language services industry. Continue reading
Patent filings grow 4% in 2020 despite 3.5% global GDP contraction. Juan Julián León, CEO of IP & patent specialist SeproTec, on what’s driving growth in the space. Continue reading
Korean machine translation startup, Bering Lab, closes seed round led by search engine giant, Naver; Bering CEO on their focus on legal and patent translation — and which sectors are next. Continue reading
Lawyer-linguists at the EU work on matters that have major policy and political implications. Here’s what it takes to be part of the elite few. Continue reading
ISO, the body that develops international standards, has just published a new standard for legal interpreting services to promote equal access to justice, the law, and fair trials. Continue reading
Police arrest man for possession of 14 pounds of illegal drugs, but the case does not hold up in court because Google Translate was used to ask the defendant for permission to search his vehicle. Continue reading
Local language service providers push back against Alberta’s contracting of US-giant LanguageLine for remote video remote interpreting service for state’s courts. “We don’t know who is... Continue reading
Hungary ends the state monopoly on certified translations. Language service providers (LSPs) and freelance translators and interpreters welcome the move. Hungarian translation market estimated at... Continue reading
Several local news outlets in various US states have all been highlighting the lack of interpreters recently. Medical and legal interpretation demand in focus. Continue reading
The giant court interpretation contract from the UK’s Ministry of Justice has for the first time reached 98% fulfillment from its new vendor, thebigword. With a 5% decrease in service requests,... Continue reading
Why Language Empire thought it could get away with launching a business under the name “Big Word Translation” remains unclear. The company was now ordered by a judge to cease operating under the... Continue reading
Head of Translation at Taiwan-based law firm says local legal concepts do not often correspond neatly with those of Anglo-American law; regards translation technology as something to potentially... Continue reading
Chinese company that failed to pay for 170,000 tons of iron ore tries a hail mary by blaming the translator for arbitration loss. Australia’s Federal Court unimpressed; says claim comes a bit... Continue reading
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