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One common culprit and example of this issue is Google Translate. Google Translate is an amazing resource for what we call “gisting” – perhaps you have hundreds of documents that may pertain to a legal case, but you’re unsure which documents are actually necessary as evidence. Wouldn’t it make sense to run these through machine translation to select documents that will go through a higher-quality, human round of translation?
So, say you’re a small law firm and need to get through thousands of pages of documents for a discovery process. My advice?
1. Gisting can be an important step in discovery, but be careful in the way that this is approached. If you use machine translation regularly, it may be worth purchasing machine translation software that stays local and does not upload to a larger database.
2. Even better, consider hiring professional help for parsing through the initial set of documents. Legal staffing firms can provide bilingual legal review teams to help parse through the data without compromising its confidentiality.
3. Once the relevant documents are determined, use a professional translator for a more accurate pass. Make sure to tell your translator what you are looking for – for example, if a particular clearance level and/or if U.S. citizenship are required.
4. Make sure the translator(s) or agency have a non disclosure agreement filed with you prior to releasing those files.
5. Use a secure submission method for sending the files – depending on your settings, simply emailing documents can often create weaknesses in the security of files.
