As any Lawyer will know, the vast majority of commercial legal work does not just involve one primary language. Therefore it is not just the multi-jurisdictional matters that will require the understanding of multiple languages. Over the past few years, this has led to the rise of language software solutions to support the litigation and regulatory industries. This article will look at why the legal sector has moved from Google Translate to a more sophisticated solution.

Staffing requirements for in house teams can be tailored to meet predictable needs, Mandarin and the European languages in 2020. Less obvious the need to have a Farsi, Turkish, Ukranian, Uzbek or Indonesian speaking lawyer on the bench. Human translation and the companies providing such services provide an immediate solution, albeit costly and not always efficient from a time point of view. There are also potential security concerns as many of these workers are contractors and home-based.