foreign language review in a box translating the issues
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Foreign Language Review in a Box Translating the Issues. Panelists. Caroline Sweeney Global Director E-Discovery & Client Technology Services Dorsey & Whitney Richard Kershaw Managing Director FTI Consulting, Hong Kong. Getting Started. Jurisdiction: Why Does It Matter? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Foreign Language Review in a Box
Translating the Issues
PANELISTSCaroline SweeneyGlobal DirectorE-Discovery & Client Technology ServicesDorsey & Whitney
Richard KershawManaging DirectorFTI Consulting, Hong Kong
GETTING STARTED• Jurisdiction: Why Does It Matter?
• Technologies: What’s Different?
• Review & Translation: Where Do You Start?
• How Do You Find the Right Vendor?
• Key Takeaways
What is the CULTURE?• Local laws
• Privacy, Privacy, Privacy…can the data be moved?• Asia
• Resources: Vendors, Technology, Reviewers • Workflow Options
WHY DOESJURISDICTION MATTER?
TECHNOLOGIES: WHAT’S DIFFERENT?
• Collection• Forensic preservation really
matters• BEWARE: Non-Unicode data
• Search & Cull• Fulltext indexing: How does it
work with foreign languages?• Understanding tokenisation• Will Predictive Coding or
Concept Clustering work?
• Review Platforms
REVIEW & TRANSLATION:WHERE DO YOU START?• Native language review or translate to English?• Translation
• Person vs Machine• Certified or not – what is the price?
• Where will the review team be located?
• How do you find reviewers that are……..• Fluent in native language & English• Understand relevant law & culture
HOW DO YOU FIND THE RIGHT VENDOR?• Experience in the jurisdiction (how long & what) & references?
• What other vendors do they partner with or subcontract to?
• Do they have native speaking consultants in country?
• Sample resumes of staff on the ground & language skills?
• Ability to do collection, processing & hosting?
• Where are their OWN forensic labs & where is data hosted?
• Technology/TAR/machine translation capabilities for non-English review?
• How does the vendor process non-unicode multibyte data?
• How is the data indexed & tokenised, how does this impact search strategies?
• Ability to handle complex encryption & other types of email?
Do not make assumptions! Ask questions!
KEY TAKEAWAYS • Asian languages present technical challenges, compounded by
layered regional compliance requirements:o Experience is importanto Technology won’t solve everything, workflow design is more
valuable than software features
• Use agile project management
• Understand your options
• Understand jurisdictional requirements:o Work with legal team to balance local discovery requirements to
conduct foreign collection, processing, review & production
• Don’t do it alone – tap into experienced vendors
COMMENTS/QUESTIONS
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