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, thebigword managed to slightly push its previous quarter’s 97% fulfillment rate to the required 98% in Q2 2017. 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 trademarked name and may have to pay punitive damages to the real thebigword. Continue reading
Join an exclusive group of 15 senior in-house legal professionals for this presentation and interactive roundtable discussion. We will explore new and proposed cyber-security and data protection regulations in Asia. 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 ease economic pressure on translators, rather than a tool to slash prices 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 late and reminds the company that there is no such thing as a perfect translation. Continue reading
California courts work to provide full language services even as Governor approves funding for medical interpreter pilot program. North Carolina follows suit, improves language access; no more procrastinating for US doctors in providing free translations, and Oregon court interpreters get pay hike. Continue reading
Dutch language service provider Concorde beats out 11 competitors and secures four-year contract with EU agency Eurojust. Incumbent vendor Word Perfect’s COO confirms it submitted a bid. Continue reading
Brazil’s adoption of the apostille system, which kicked in August 14, 2016, applies to public documents; among them translations into Portuguese produced by the country’s sworn translators. How will the new system affect this subgroup of the local language services sector? Continue reading
The European Union wants to buy over EUR 4.5m in editorial services; judge reins in Texas in landmark interpreter ruling; study shows medical interpretation major growth market in US; recently formed LSP United Language Group beefs up its board. Continue reading
In America, homebuyers got news on the free translation services they hoped for; US-listed oil firms have to file another annual report detailing payments to governments and translate related documents. European publishers unite to run translation, and MIT says understanding language remains AI’s big prize. Continue reading
Translation Service Manager at law firm Castrén & Snellman says legal translation is the same the world over: labor-intensive and requiring the human touch; points to recent trend in Finnish law firms. Continue reading
Every year, some 15,000 pages of translation cross the desk of Julia Lipina, Head of the Translation Department at law firm Pepeliaev. In this exclusive feature, read about how a leading law firm manages its translation workflow and about the work life of a passionate legal translator. Continue reading
What are the legal underpinnings of the European Union’s language regime? A concise summary in ten points by the author of the recently published book “EU Language Law”. Continue reading
Licensing your technology to a company in China has its own special challenges. Continue reading
Panel topics include information governance, data breach mitigation, e-discovery career challenges, new rules, EDRM and more. Continue reading
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