'Sight translating legal documents' presentation slideshows

Translation Academy in Denver

Sight translation is the oral rendition of a written document. As community interpreters we are often asked to sight translate a document such as a consent form, health related paperwork, application form, etc. How accurately we do it? What is the right approach to do it? Do we all know the steps of how to render an accurate sight translation? What if the document to sight translates is too dense, too complex, and too legal?

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