Regardless of your practice area, there will inevitably be a time in your legal career when you need the services of a translator or interpreter – or both – to effectively provide legal services to your clients. This course will discuss the different issues that attorneys need to be aware of when finding, selecting and using translation and interpretation services in their law practice.
Lawyer-linguist Suzanne Deliscar will provide you with information on how to find translation and interpretation services, how to utilize these services appropriately in your legal cases and how to use these services to fully represent your clients. Additional topics discussed in this CLE program include why we want to work with clients that don?t speak English as their native language, using these services to assist clients, how to find qualified interpreters and translators, best practices & cultural sensitivity, avoiding the cultural minefield and best practices in providing legal services in other languages.
A Lawyer-Linguist, Suzanne E. Deliscar focuses on matters involving both legal and language issues. Based in Ontario, Canada, her practice was created through the combination of her language skills in French and Spanish and the practice of law in a variety of areas, including civil litigation, wills & estates, and family law. Ms. Deliscar has extensive experience in the translation of a variety of legal documents, having translated, reviewed, analyzed and abstracted over 500 Spanish language contracts for a large multinational corporation. Ms. Deliscar is also experienced in providing document review in French. She has developed and presented over 20 popular training webinar programs in the areas of legal translation, official document translation, and marketing for translators and interpreters, lawyers, and fellow lawyer-linguists. Ms. Deliscar has also hosted numerous free “Ask the Lawyer” Days in banks, churches, libraries, and other community organizations.