What exactly is meant by English-Irish Legal Translation?
While translation in general can be more nuanced than people think, a legal translation into Irish or from Irish is much more than just moving words from one language to another.
Legal translation is focused on a wide variety of documents such as wills, court and financial documents, declarations, patents or court decrees.
Legal translators of Irish must have a good knowledge of the legal system of the country from which the document originates. In order to avoid misleading translations, they must also have an extensive knowledge of both English law and the law that applies to Ireland.
In a globalized world where companies from all over the world can do business, legal translation takes on a very important role. We would like to take this opportunity to remind you that not all legal translations need to be official (certified). Translations from or into Irish should only be officially certified when requested by an official institution, agency or department. So be sure to check if an official, certified or sworn translation is required in Ireland, or if maybe a simple translation Irish<>English will do.
Irish Legal Translation differ from other types of translation
Legal documents in Irish, unlike other documents such as a general web site, have a specific terminology. Our Irish Legal Translators are able to correctly translate these concepts into English or Spanish. They do not simply replace one word for another.
The choice of certain words in a legal text has a very specific and precise meaning. On the other hand, any ambiguity or inaccuracy can invalidate a legally binding document. A small mistake could have significant financial and/or legal consequences.
Legal jargon of each country (UK, Ireland…) is complex and its terminology can be very specific. Add to this the cultural and regional differences in territories where Irish is spoken, and you can understand how difficult legal translation can be.
Legal translators translate a legal concept from English into Irish or vice versa. To be legally binding, the English and the legal Irish terminology must be unambiguous.
Textual references for Irish Legal Translators
All legal translators of Irish turn to reference works to do their job. For example, specialized dictionaries and glossaries, codes, laws and legal doctrine, both in English and from countries like Ireland.
Legal translators frequently check out civil and criminal procedure codes and regulatory rules. In these reference books they usually find precise descriptions in Irish and in English of each legal concept.
Referral sources help translators confirm that they are using the appropriate terms used in a given legal proceeding. The work of a legal Irish-English translator is very precise and painstaking. In addition to these specialised legal researches, Irish translators use computer aided translation tools like TM (Translation Memories) and Multilingual Term Bases. Translation Memories let them find pieces of text already translated by them or by other translators. Specific Irish Machine Translation engines are also used in combination with TM and have proven to be very useful.
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Where is Irish spoken?
Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge nah Eireann) is a Celtic language spoken by 138,000 people as their mother tongue, and by another million people as a second language in Ireland, with 276,000 first language speakers worldwide.
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A quick overview of the Irish language
Irish is a Celtic language mainly spoken in Ireland (Éire). Irish is also spoken in the UK (Rio Aontaithe), the USA (Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá), Canada (Ceanada) and Australia (un Astráil).
According to the 2016 census, 1.76 million people in Ireland claim to speak Irish; 73,803 speak it daily; 111,473 speak it weekly; 586,535 speak it less frequently, and the rest rarely speak it. The main concentrations of Irish speakers are in Gaeltacht, along the west coast of Ireland and has a total population of 96,090. On average, 66% of Gaeltacht residents speak Irish.
In 2011 the UK Census highlighted that 184,898 people in Northern Ireland (10.65% of the population) have some knowledge of Irish, and that 104,943 of them can speak the language. Irish is the mother tongue of some 4,130 people in Northern Ireland. According to other sources, about 9,000 people speak fluent Irish in Britain. It is not clear whether this includes Northern Ireland.
According to another census, about 18,815 people speak Irish in the United States, especially in the northeastern states. Irish language courses are available at a number of universities and colleges in the USA and Canada.
In 2011, 1,895 people in Australia claimed to use Irish as their mother tongue. You can also study modern and ancient Irish at the University of Sydney.