The Xinjiang Cotton controversy: a result of translation errors?
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act is slated to be signed into law soon, but the American apparel…
What is “TEP”? Or, don’t “Chinese Wall” your Chinese Translators
Teamwork, not workflow, makes good translation If you’ve ever read through translation company websites, you may have at…
Back translating contracts: don’t put your head in the sand
Attorneys routinely request “back translations” of Chinese legal documents, and these usually fail to produce results. These attorneys…
How Law Firms Can Avoid Sabotage by Chinese Translators
Law firms that do not take adequate care may be sabotaged by Mandarin translators in litigation and regulatory…
Professional Supervision of Translation Temp Agencies
Temp agencies tend to collaborate, not compete, with professional services firm because the nature of the services and…
Chinglish is the New Enron
Don’t let translation mayhem lead to Enron results If you’ve seen Lucy Prebble’s excellent ENRON, you have some…