[WSBAPT] Translation Services

Wed Feb 20 16:34:27 PST 2019

I am fluent and literate in Spanish and I also use certified translators in the same situation. Correspondence and emails is one thing  but legal documents I leave to the pros.

Nestor Gorfinkel, Attorney at Law

Licensed in Washington & Florida

Florida Civil-Law (International) Notary

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From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> On Behalf Of Andrekita Silva
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 4:15 PM
To: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
Subject: Re: [WSBAPT] Translation Services

Brent,

Below are three Spanish language translators that provide written translations that you can check with.  If none of those are available, you could get a list from Martha Cohen at Interpreter Services as Tara suggested. 

As a warning, that’s an arduous process as many interpreters don’t do written translation, only oral / spoken.  It can also depend on their schedule and the list also turns over pretty quickly.

I am bilingual and I prepare wills, etc. for clients who are monolingual Spanish speaking. Although I always explain the documents in Spanish, for a number of reasons, I always prepare the documents in English and have them translated by a certified interpreter. The most important reason is that any foreign language documents submitted to court must be translated into English by a certified translator.  So, I always start by assuming that the documents could be submitted to court here in the U.S. and that it will eventually need to be in English.  As a practical matter, I want my staff to be able to read what’s in my files, and in the interest of self- preservation, if there were ever a dispute over the translated meaning of a word or phrase, I would prefer to have a certified translator take the heat.

Francisco Rojas
Tri Lingua Interpreting
509.366.6906
www.TriLinguaInt.com <http://www.TriLinguaInt.com> 

Frederico C DeVoe
Well Spoken Interpreting
509.947.0327
Wellspokeninterpreting at gmail.com <mailto:Wellspokeninterpreting at gmail.com&nbsp>  

Keo Capestany
deArias, Inc.
206-605-8393
bilingualpower at hotmail.com <mailto:bilingualpower at hotmail.com> 

 Good luck!! 

andrekita
Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva
1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2000
Seattle, Washington 98101
206-224-8288
www.seattle-silvalaw.com <http://www.seattle-silvalaw.com> 

Quoting Brent Williams-Ruth <brent at bwrconsults.com <mailto:brent at bwrconsults.com> >:

Good Morning List - 

I had written a couple weeks back about this, but then my list membership was disabled, thus I apologize if there were responses and I did not see them....but here I go again. 

Have a prospective client who would like to have their estate planning package translated into Spanish.  Does anyone have a company that they use to do this?

Or is someone fluent that can draft those documents? I have explained that it may be more cost effective to utilize an attorney fluent in Spanish as the cost by using me would be my fee plus whatever the translation costs are....

Appreciate any suggestions or referrals (including self). 

Brent

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