Welcome to Avocate
Sue Leschen
Lawyer-Linguist,
Solicitor (non-practising)
Sue Leschen
CHARTERED LINGUIST: DPSI: BA: LLB: SOLICITOR (NON – PRACTISING)
Director of UK niche market company Avocate Legal and Business French Interpreting and Translation Services Ltd.
Professional memberships and affiliations
Association of Interpreters and Translators (AIT)
CIOL (Fellow)
CIOL InterpNet
CIOL TransNet
EULITA
ITI (Fellow)
ITI FrenchNet
NWTN
YTI
MET
IAPTI
ITI
Law Insurance Finance and Translation Network
National Register of Public Service Interpreters (NRPSI)
ITI
Interpreters Development Network
Membership of Professional Committees
CIOL Interpreting Division Steering Group
NRCPD Professional Conduct Committee
CIOL Professional Conduct Committee
ITI Law Insurance Finance and Translation Committee
“Sue is by far the best interpreter I have ever worked with. She is reliable, extremely professional and is a delight to work with. I cannot recommend her highly enough.”
Dr Sue Peacock, Psychologist
Book one of the UK’s leading lawyer-linguists
LEGAL INTERPRETER
MENTOR
BUSINESS INTERPRETER
LEGAL TRANSLATOR
DPSI: LAW TUTOR
Selected Publications
ITI Bulletin Jan/Feb
Police and Court Interpreting and Professional Attitudes
ITI Bulletin Nov/ Dec
Opportunities for Interpreters as Expert Witnesses
ITI Bulletin Jul/Aug
Fight or Flight?
ITI Bulletin Sep/Oct
What’s In a Name?
ITI Bulletin Mar/Apr
Speak up, Speak out!
ITI Bulletin Jul/Aug
Riding out the Recession
ITI Bulletin Jan/Feb
After the Genocide
ITI Bulletin May/Jun
The Rates Debate
ITI Bulletin Jul/Aug
Adversarial Interpreting
ITI Bulletin Sep/Oct
Future Proofing the Profession
ITI Bulletin Nov/Dec
Feel the Heat – Second International IAPTI Conference in Athens
ITI Bulletin Jan/Feb
Quality in Legal Translation
ITI Bulletin Feb/Mar
Bilingual Video – Conferencing in Legal Settings
ITI Bulletin Jul/Aug
Out of the Shadows; Cracking the Code of Conduct
The Linguist 4/Vol. 55
Channel Vision
The Linguist 6/Vol. 55
Northern Ireland: Day in Court
ITI Bulletin Jan/Feb
Linking up in Lincoln
ITI Bulletin May/Jun
A Hebrew History
The Linguist 1/Vol. 56
Cutting Work
The Linguist 4/Vol. 56
Becoming the Voice of Terror
The Linguist 5/Vol. 56
Voice of Modern Slavery
ITI Bulletin Mar/Apr
Legal Action
ITI Bulletin May/Jun
Not Your Usual Assignment
ITI Bulletin Jul/Aug
Wake up and Smell the Robots
The Linguist Oct/Nov
In Harm’s Way
ITI Bulletin Nov/Dec
Legal International
ITI Bulletin Jan/Feb
IAPTI Update
The Linguist 2/Vol. 58
Grooming Words
The Linguist 5/Vol. 58
A Legal Challenge
ITI Bulletin Nov/Dec
The Rules of Asylum
The Linguist 4/Vol. 59
The Final Word
The Linguist 6/Vol. 59
To Sign or Not to Sign?
THE LINGUIST 4/VOL. 60
CV19, WFH and RI
THE LINGUIST 3/VOL. 61
Interpreting Murder
THE LINGUIST 5/VOL. 61
A Case of Control
THE LINGUIST 1/VOL. 63
A Mother's Judgment
“Your talks are always informative and our members benefit from them greatly. I go back to your slides; I find them very useful.”
Olimpia Dragu, member of the AIT
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