82: Richard Lackey's Experience as a Legal Translator (Interview)

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode I interview Richard Lackey, a Legal Translator & Owner of Contractually Speaking Ltd. We talk about:

• What legal translators do
• Why Richard became a translator
• How Richard translates documents including tips about translation briefs from Juliette Scott
• Richard's style preference including reference to Ken Adams contract drafting 
• Useful resources and tips for legal translators

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• ⁠Richard's website⁠
• ⁠Richard's research on legal style⁠
• ⁠Richard's list of recommended resources ⁠
• ⁠Richard's view on Ken Adams⁠
• Richard recommends some organisations such as⁠ ITI⁠, ⁠ASETRAD⁠, and ⁠SFT⁠, for anyone interested in getting into translation, or finding out more about it

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