Legal interpreting for better understanding, Transglobal Languages & Cultures

Legal interpreting for better understanding

You can ease a difficult situation with legal interpreting

Legal proceedings, consultations and interviews create delicate circumstances at the best of times. A client’s inability to understand what is happening can make a stressful situation even worse. An experienced legal interpreter can alleviate this pressure by reassuring clients and ensuring their full participation.

We can provide you with legal interpreters for most major languages:

French

Italian

Polish

Bulgarian

Turkish

Chinese

Korean

German

Portuguese

Czech

Hungarian

Farsi

Japanese

Hindi

Spanish

Greek

Russian

Romanian

Arabic

Thai

Gujarati

Other languages available upon request

We have been providing legal interpreting for various needs over many years. It is one of the interpreting services most commonly requested by our clients. Legal interpreting is often referred to as court interpreting when used in formal proceedings by law firms, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Appeals Service.

Interpreting is used for a wide range of formal and informal legal situations: client meetings with solicitors, taking witness statements, police interviews, court appearances and other important legal matters, sometimes involving social or medical issues.

Some legal matters are more formal in nature involving larger numbers of people. In these cases the method adopted would probably be consecutive interpreting. Here the interpreter will translate out loud what has been said by the previous speaker, once they have finished speaking. Consecutive interpreting is also one of the methods used for conference interpreting and business interpreting at large gatherings.

The legal situations in which interpreting is needed – especially court interpreting – can have serious implications for those concerned. Our experienced legal interpreters fully understand the significance of these occasions. They are aware of the terminology, regulations and procedures involved – and the need for sensitive handling.

What clients have said about their interpreting services:

“Just to let you know that it all went very well yesterday as far as the Arabic interpreting is concerned. The interpreter was absolutely excellent. I will be recommending that your agency be added to our expert database for the outstanding service you have provided.”
Fatima Bhula, Solicitors in Leeds

You can make the best of your client’s situation

You will be able to involve your clients more effectively and avoid unfortunate misunderstandings with the help of our legal interpreters. As experienced professionals they understand the legal process and the need to retain impartiality and confidentiality. For professional legal interpreting contact our translations and interpreting coordinator, Clare Smith now……