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Courses

Face to face and online courses and workshops for individuals, groups and orgnisations.

Legal Terminology (law of England and Wales)

Legal

Terminology

(law of England and Wales)

Family Law

The legal terminology relating to family breakdown including

  • Judicial separation
  • Divorce and related documents
  • Civil partnership dissolution
  • Maintenance for parties and children
  • Division of family property
  • Documents relating to family breakdown

Death, Wills and Inheritance

The legal terminology relating to inheritance including

  • Wills, Living Wills and Codicils
  • Trusts
  • Powers of Attorney
  • Inheritance Tax
  • Grants of Probate
  • Letters of Administration

Employment Law

The legal terminology relating to employment including

  • Job descriptions
  • References
  • Employment contracts
  • Unfair and constructive dismissal
  • Discrimination at work and protected characteristics
  • Redundancy

Insurance Law

The legal terminology relating to insurance including

  • Insurance policies and schedules
  • Health insurance
  • Income protection insurance
  • Professional indemnity insurance
  • Public liability insurance
  • Cyber insurance

Landlord and Tenant Law

The legal terminology relating to residential property including

  • Tenancy agreements
  • Guarantor agreements
  • Inventories of property contents
  • Eviction
  • Harassment by landlord
  • Rents and deposits

Contract Law

The legal terminology used in contracts including

  • Insurance contracts
  • Reinsurance contracts
  • Employment contracts
  • Sales contracts
  • Property contracts
  • Commercial contracts

Legal Personnel and Institutions

The legal terminology relating to the legal venues in England and Wales and the people working in them including

  • Courts and tribunals
  • Prisons and police stations
  • Lawyers’ offices
  • Judges, magistrates, lawyers

Offences of Modern Slavery

The legal terminology relating to modern slavery including

  • Modern Slavery Act 2018
  • Interaction between modern slavery and trafficking
  • Sexual exploitation
  • Domestic exploitation
  • Industrial exploitation
  • Agricultural exploitation

Offences of Human Trafficking

The legal terminology relating to human trafficking including

  • Difference between trafficking and smuggling
  • Trafficking of; children, adults, organs, drugs
  • Interaction between human trafficking and modern slavery
  • Agencies supporting victims and survivors
  • Sanctions and penalties for human trafficking

Offences of Cyber Crime

The legal terminology relating to the world of cyber crime including

  • Computer Misuse Act 1990
  • Cyber attacks
  • Hacking, ransoming
  • Spam and phishing
  • Consequences of cyber crime
  • Penalties for cyber crime

Offences of Dishonesty

The legal terminology relating to offences of dishonesty including

  • Theft Act 1968
  • Theft
  • Burglary
  • Robbery
  • Fraud and money laundering
  • Penalties

Offences of Sexual violence

The legal terminology relating to sexual violence including

  • Sexual Offences Act 2003
  • Rape
  • Sexual assault
  • Sexual harassment
  • Sex trafficking
  • Agencies supporting victims/survivors

Offences of Violence

The legal terminology relating to offences of violence including

  • Offences Against the Person Act 1861
  • Actual bodily harm
  • Common assault
  • Grievous bodily harm
  • Wounding with intent
  • Penalties
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Legal Terminology (English-French law)

Compromis de Vente

The legal terminology used in residential sales documents in France including:

  • Compromis de vente (Provisional sale contract)
  • Actes Authentiques (Final sale contract)
  • Inventories of house contents
  • Mortgages
  • Surveys

Buying and selling property in France

The legal terminology used throughout the process of buying and selling residential property in France including:

  • Explanation of French legal procedure
  • Comparison of French and UK legal procedure
  • Interpreting and translation opportunities in this area
  • Brexit/Frexit

French Insurance Law

The legal terminology used in French insurance law including:

  • Health insurance
  • Vehicle insurance
  • Property insurance
  • Insurance policies and schedules
  • Insurance contracts
  • Interpreting and translating opportunities in this area
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Professional business skills

NEGOTIATING Terms & Conditions WITH Clients

A consideration of the main issues involved in negotiating watertight terms and conditions with work suppliers to protect ourselves and our businesses;

  • Model T’s and C’s of our professional organisations
  • Adapting and/or adopting model T’s and C’s in full
  • Drafting our own T’s and C’s
  • Negotiating changes to clients’ T’s and C’s
  • Sanctions for breaches of T’s and C’s

GETTING PAID!

A consideration of the main issues relating to getting paid on time and dealing with late and non-payers as well as payment of interest;

  • Credit checking new clients
  • Estimates, quotations, and invoices
  • Payment terms to be agreed in advance with the client
  • Pursuing payment
  • Small Claims Court (UK) 
  • Pros and cons of legal proceedings to recover payment

GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SKILLS COURSES and webinars

These are aimed at both experienced and/or new freelance language professionals looking to enhance or develop their businesses;

  • Negotiating terms and conditions
  • Setting and negotiating rates
  • Protection of business; insurance, anti-virus software
  • Marketing and branding
  • Client acquisition and retention

Setting up AS A FREELANCE INTERPRETER AND/OR TRANSLATOR

A consideration of the main issues relating to  setting up as a freelance interpreter and/or translator;

  • Sole trader or limited company?
  • Cash flow and finances
  • Client acquisition and retention
  • Business plan
  • Marketing and branding on social and traditional media

A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF AN INTERPRETER

A hands-on consideration of the main issues and tasks that an interpreter has to deal with in any given week;

  • Face to face and remote interpreting venues
  • Assignment preparation; glossaries
  • Negotiating terms and conditions with clients
  • Chasing payment
  • Professional conduct and ethics dilemmas
  • Keeping up to date; CPD

PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND ETHICS FOR INTERPRETERS AND TRANSLATORS

A consideration of the main principles of professional conduct in our Codes of Conduct and also of the main ethical dilemmas faced by interpreters and translators;

  • Confidentiallity
  • Integrity
  • Professionalism
  • Breaches
  • Sanctions

CONFIDENTIALITY ISSUES AND PROBLEMS FOR INTERPRETERS AND TRANSLATORS

A consideration of the main issues and dilemmas faced by interpreters and translators in relation to the duty of confidentiality;

  • To whom the duty of confidentiality is owed and for how long
  • Exceptions to the duty
  • Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA)
  • Breaches
  • Sanctions
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“Thank you for the light that you shine onto CPD for translators and interpreters.”

Lucy Brooks, of Lucy Brooks Translations

Selected Publications

2008
ITI Bulletin Jan/Feb

Police and Court Interpreting and Professional Attitudes

2009
ITI Bulletin Nov/ Dec

Opportunities for Interpreters as Expert Witnesses

2011
ITI Bulletin Jul/Aug

Fight or Flight?

2011
ITI Bulletin Sep/Oct

What’s In a Name?

2012
ITI Bulletin Mar/Apr

Speak up, Speak out!

2012
ITI Bulletin Jul/Aug

Riding out the Recession

2013
ITI Bulletin Jan/Feb

After the Genocide

2014
ITI Bulletin May/Jun

The Rates Debate

2014
ITI Bulletin Jul/Aug

Adversarial Interpreting

2014
ITI Bulletin Sep/Oct

Future Proofing the Profession

2014
ITI Bulletin Nov/Dec

Feel the Heat – Second International IAPTI Conference in Athens

2015
ITI Bulletin Jan/Feb

Quality in Legal Translation

2015
ITI Bulletin Feb/Mar

Bilingual Video – Conferencing in Legal Settings

2015
ITI Bulletin Jul/Aug

Out of the Shadows; Cracking the Code of Conduct

2016
The Linguist 4/Vol. 55

Channel Vision

2016
The Linguist 6/Vol. 55

Northern Ireland: Day in Court

2017
ITI Bulletin Jan/Feb

Linking up in Lincoln

2017
ITI Bulletin May/Jun

A Hebrew History

2017
The Linguist 1/Vol. 56

Cutting Work

2017
The Linguist 4/Vol. 56

Becoming the Voice of Terror

2017
The Linguist 5/Vol. 56

Voice of Modern Slavery

2018
ITI Bulletin Mar/Apr

Legal Action

2018
ITI Bulletin May/Jun

Not Your Usual Assignment

2018
ITI Bulletin Jul/Aug

Wake up and Smell the Robots

2018
The Linguist Oct/Nov

In Harm’s Way

2018
ITI Bulletin Nov/Dec

Legal International

2019
ITI Bulletin Jan/Feb

IAPTI Update

2019
The Linguist 2/Vol. 58

Grooming Words

2019
The Linguist 5/Vol. 58

A Legal Challenge

2019
ITI Bulletin Nov/Dec

The Rules of Asylum

2020
The Linguist 4/Vol. 59

The Final Word

2020
The Linguist 6/Vol. 59

To Sign or Not to Sign?

2021
THE LINGUIST 4/VOL. 60

CV19, WFH and RI

2022
THE LINGUIST 3/VOL. 61

Interpreting Murder

2022
THE LINGUIST 5/VOL. 61

A Case of Control

2024
THE LINGUIST 1/VOL. 63

A Mother's Judgment

2024
THE LINGUIST 3/VOL. 63

Interpreting at Factory Visits - Hard Hats and Steel Caps

2024
LRG Newsletter Issue 79

A Snapshot of Remote Interpreting

2025
THE LINGUIST 1/VOL. 94

Behind Bars - Interpreting in Prisons

“I want to express my gratitude for the training session you delivered yesterday. The impact was immediate, as two interpreters came to my office right after the session, absolutely buzzing with excitement.”

Deborah Dougall, Interpreter Manager for NHS Tayside

Information about workshops

Face to face interactive workshops are conducted in English and are relevant to all colleagues working into and out of English.

Workshops can be either full of half days, or even just for an hour or two.

Workshops are available both online or face to face, but face to face is always best!

Maximum number of participants for face to face workshops is 15.

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Background materials can be made available for each workshop.

Workshops are individually tailored to the needs of participants.

“Brilliant session, thank you Sue Leschen and AIT – Association of Interpreters and Translators.”

Gintare Daunoraviciute, RPSI

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