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Who is to blame for a false translation with legal consequences - the translator or the proofreader?
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Matthias Brombach
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The agencies... Feb 5, 2023

...because they hold a business liability insurance or at least they should be able to afford any from the money they earn with their "resources".
 
Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
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Correct... Feb 6, 2023

Matthias Brombach wrote:

...because they hold a business liability insurance or at least they should be able to afford any from the money they earn with their "resources".


but do you know what the insurance company will do?

Christopher Schröder
 
Lingua 5B
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A bunch of corporate lawyers Feb 6, 2023

Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL wrote:

Matthias Brombach wrote:

...because they hold a business liability insurance or at least they should be able to afford any from the money they earn with their "resources".


but do you know what the insurance company will do?


Considering an agency has a bunch of corporate lawyers working for them, I can only assume what will happen.
 
Lingua 5B
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If you have money for a lawyer Feb 6, 2023

Adieu wrote:

Due to PM error, I once saw a certain agency's document on their letterhead (probably for end clients?) with my name on it, stating that I had "certified" a translation.

Did I revise it? Yes.
Did I certify it? NO.
Had anyone from their company ever asked me to certify any translation? NO.

Based on the amount of stuff I had done for them, I imagine there were ~1000 documents floating around somewhere "certified" by me, without my knowledge.



If you can hire a lawyer, you know what you can do. Can your lawyer beat their 20 corporate lawyers? Not sure.
 
Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
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What happens... Feb 7, 2023

Lingua 5B wrote:

Considering an agency has a bunch of corporate lawyers working for them, I can only assume what will happen.


The insurance company will cover the agency and then it will go after the translator/proofreader to recoup the money.

Christopher Schröder
 
Guofei_LIN
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The project manager Feb 8, 2023

who organizes the translator and proofreader. And depending on the contract, PM might be able to wriggle out of it and shift the blame onto the translator who in turn can shift it on the proofreader.
 
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