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4th Lawyer Linguist virtual event

Dec 9, 2015



Conference recap





Summary

Date: Dec 9, 2015
Registrants: 791
Attendees: 588
Sessions: 14




Sessions

Presentation

Welcome Address

Time: 13:00 to 13:10
Presentation

Legal Issues Surrounding Machine Translation and Data Privacy

Time: 13:15 to 13:55
Panel

The Lawyer-Linguist as Interpreter

Time: 14:00 to 14:55
Panel

Translating Across Legal Systems

Time: 15:00 to 15:55
Presentation

Areas of Opportunity for Lawyer-Linguists in the International Human Rights Arena

Time: 16:00 to 16:55
Virtual powwow

“Ask the Lawyer-Linguist” Chatroom

Time: 17:00 to 19:30
Panel

Training for Lawyer-Linguists

Time: 17:05 to 17:55
Panel

The Multilingual Law Student

Time: 18:05 to 18:50
Presentation

Closing remarks

Time: 18:55 to 19:05
On-demand
presentation

The Role of the Lawyer-Linguist in the Language Services Industry

Time: 19:00 to 19:05
On-demand
presentation

Working as a Freelance Lawyer-Linguist for the UN, States and Other Non-State Actors

Time: 19:05 to 19:10
On-demand
presentation

The Lawyer-Linguist as CEO

Time: 19:15 to 19:20
On-demand
presentation

Working as a Lawyer-Linguist for the European Court of Justice (Freelancers and In-House)

Time: 19:20 to 19:25
On-demand
presentation

Maintaining a Law Practice as a Lawyer-Linguist

Time: 19:30 to 19:35




Conference feedback

After an initial brief period of technical difficulties with the audio; I thought the presentation was not only well -presented and interesting, but that it also offered a lot of useful and new information, as well. Thanks again for this well-received yearly event, Suzanne: keep up the good work!

eski
Member since: Sep 16, 2008

I loved it.It was quite dynamic,useful and informative.



Jelena Jovanovic
Member since: Jun 6, 2014

Very interesting, indeed! Kind regards, Emanuela


Great presentation and very useful!

Parid Plaku
Member since: Dec 12, 2013

Really interesting and many personal questions found answers. For future events, I hope that technical problems will be less important... A great moment

sandymess
Member since: Oct 20, 2010

Bunch of thanks.




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13:20 Jun 6, 2014 starlightaloud: 1624756 All I don't know, but i didn't hear anyone complain here in Croatia. and the tips are quite high too
13:21 Jun 6, 2014 Peter Motte: 30753 All I saw a documentary some time ago about a teacher English in HongKong. He earns enough to drive a Lamborghini. So we'ld probably better move.
13:21 Jun 6, 2014 starlightaloud: 1624756 All but certification is required, which means investment
13:21 Jun 6, 2014 Manuela Ribecai: 1214732 All I was teacher for 13 years, so no children or private lessons more ;)
13:21 Jun 6, 2014 Paulinho Fonseca: 1488575 All I have been an interpreter and I am quite happy with it. the job involves investigation and violation. It's interesting and dynamic.
13:21 Jun 6, 2014 Henry Dotterer: 1 All no complain can be for many reasons... :)
13:22 Jun 6, 2014 starlightaloud: 1624756 All i totally understand you Manuela
13:22 Jun 6, 2014 Lucia Leszinsky: 855539 All Sorry, Paulinho, what do you mean by "violation"?
13:22 Jun 6, 2014 Paulinho Fonseca: 1488575 All But I am also a translator, working from home so I can do different things
13:22 Jun 6, 2014 Peter Motte: 30753 All Like dying on the job, you mean? Seriously: starlightaloud: what do you mean by "certification"?
13:22 Jun 6, 2014 Henry Dotterer: 1 All you will have many complaints if the normal salary is high, although the offered one be regular
13:23 Jun 6, 2014 Manuela Ribecai: 1214732 All As wife, mother, ... there is ALWAYS work at home ! :\ But no paid
13:23 Jun 6, 2014 starlightaloud: 1624756 All taking a course and passing exams to become certified tourist guide for a certain part of the county or a town
13:23 Jun 6, 2014 Paulinho Fonseca: 1488575 All It's a company that investigates if their staff is violating their rules, so they send a group of investigators and check on them.
13:24 Jun 6, 2014 Peter Motte: 30753 All That teacher English in HongKong had over a 10,000 students.
13:24 Jun 6, 2014 Manuela Ribecai: 1214732 All HOW !!!
13:24 Jun 6, 2014 Lucia Leszinsky: 855539 All Interesting... And what procedures do they apply? I'm curious...
13:24 Jun 6, 2014 Peter Motte: 30753 All Manuela & Lucai: are you talking to me?
13:25 Jun 6, 2014 Manuela Ribecai: 1214732 All YES !!!
13:25 Jun 6, 2014 Henry Dotterer: 1 All 10,000!! virtual students...
13:25 Jun 6, 2014 Lucia Leszinsky: 855539 All Sorry, Peter, I was asking Paulinho :)
13:25 Jun 6, 2014 Paulinho Fonseca: 1488575 All Lucia, they are professional investigators and what they need is someone to translate if they come to Brazil.
13:25 Jun 6, 2014 Nicole Y. Adams, M.A.: 117097 All Hi all, sorry to jump into the discussion so late. Here are some more ideas for diversification that are discussed on my book 'Diversification in the Language Industry' (I'll list them if that's ok?).
13:26 Jun 6, 2014 Peter Motte: 30753 All Well: the fact is that lots of Chinese are under high pressure to get a university degree. To be admitted at universtiy demands succeeding in an entrance exam. So almost all of the students of the teacher are teenagers wanting to succeed those entrance examens.
13:26 Jun 6, 2014 Nicole Y. Adams, M.A.: 117097 All Linguistic diversification – Expanding your portfolio around your core service of translation: Post-editing of machine translation, Editing of non-native texts, Voice-over, Subtitling, Transcription, Terminology services, Transcreation, Copywriting, Cross-cultural consulting, Linguistic validation, Online language teaching