The Importance of Accuracy in Legal Translation

Attention and accuracy is required to the minutest detail when one is dealing with Financial and legal translations. Preciseness and a methodical approach to quality is absolutely essential. As India gets more and more involved in the global state of affairs, it has become extremely important for accurate legal translation services. Any mistake can lead to an expensive law suit, visa cancellation, cancellation of international business deal. Over the years, legal translation has involved manifolds. Transverse Solutions, a premium Language Translation Services India offers Legal Translation Services in Delhi. The legal translation is done keeping the following guidelines in mind.

Even if it is not legally required, one must translate communications for international employees. Although it is not mandatory to translate the HR policies and codes of conduct in most countries, but there are a few countries who have laws that render untranslated employee communications as legally invalid. Even if the employee speaks English, it is difficult to enforce violations. One must follow continuous improvement with global compliance programs. Penalties are escalating on a regular basis and Indian authorities are being assisted by foreign prosecutors. Stay abreast of developments and ensure the awareness of changed or new company policies among the employees, especially rank and file employees who may not speak English well.

Develop a strategy for translation in cross-border litigation. Browsing through huge amounts of data during the discovery process can be laborious in English, let alone in one or more other languages. One must have strategy for language-intensive discovery so as to avoid translating irrelevant materials, saving precious time and money. Translate litigation hold policies to ensure they are understood and followed by foreign employees. Every litigation hold tries to preserve data relevant to the case.

Increase the velocity and confidence in multinational mergers and acquisitions by pro-actively translating key data. Proactively providing due diligence and other information in different languages accurately helps both parties conclude the multinational deal confidently and cost effectively. Multinational due diligence processes can extend beyond the company being acquired and include strategic business partners and customers. One due diligence strategy should cover translation because it will help one to prioritize information, quality, control costs and ensure the correct information is accessible when it’s needed and in the right languages.

100% accuracy and consistency are the hallmarks of legal and financial translations, especially when legal or financial decisions depends on a complete and unambiguous understanding of the text. Many times, it isn’t always practical to seek highest level of quality with all legal and financial information. One must consider the purpose of the documents and assess their importance. One must maintain client-attorney confidentiality by using professional Language Translation Services.