Forensic transcription
Close listening to multilingual recordings, attention to speech variants, and careful documentation of passages that may require clarification.
PROFESSIONAL SCOPE
Linguistic and cultural evidence can become central when recorded speech, comprehension, or interpretation is disputed. The work begins with the specific materials and questions presented.
Close listening to multilingual recordings, attention to speech variants, and careful documentation of passages that may require clarification.
Examining idioms, informal expressions and possible meanings in context, with a clear distinction between literal translation and intended meaning.
Assessing how language ability can affect comprehension of interviews, warnings, written notices and other consequential communications.
Helping attorneys understand how cultural expectations can shape communication, responses and apparent inconsistencies.