BDÜ conference 2022: Paula Reichenberg on collaboration between lawyers and translators
Neur.on team2 November 20221 min readIn 2022, Paula Reichenberg, CEO of Neur.on, took part in a panel discussion at the BDÜ e.V. conference on working in and with law firms. She pointed out that lawyers expect translators not to deny the potential of machine translation, while translators would like lawyers not to overestimate it.
Paula Reichenberg, our CEO, had the privilege of taking part in a panel discussion on working in and with law firms at the conference of the BDÜ e.V. - die qualifizierten Dolmetscher und Übersetzer, alongside Karen Rückert and Dirk Poppendieck. The discussion was moderated by Richard Delaney.
Karen’s key takeaway from the panel discussion is this: “Good translations are the result of open communication between lawyers and translators. But this does not mean that lawyers should be mind readers. Translators need to be confident enough to ask the right questions to get the information they need to produce a translation which is fit for its intended purpose. And they must ask them in such a way that lawyers understand why it is worth their time to provide the answers. Translators and lawyers must meet at the interface of law and language in order to ensure that clients get the service they want and need.”
Paula added to this summary that lawyers expect translators not to deny the potential of machine translation, while translators wish lawyers did not overestimate it.
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