Translation Errors: Once It Is In Writing, It Is Permanent

"Translation is the art of failure" - Umberto Eco

Nowadays, to ensure appropriate protection of one's intellectual property, one should often consider going well beyond the borders of one's businesses' country of residence. This often involves a translation from one language into another, and not seldom these languages drastically differ in terms of their linguistic structure and vocabulary. The scope and spirit of a subject matter of intellectual rights is defined by a text. It is the text that strictly outlines the scope of one's intellectual rights, and any given word in this text may have a multimillion price. What happens when this word is wrong can easily be imagined.

Translations are burdensome and costly, sometimes exceeding the other expenses in the course of prosecution of a patent application in a given jurisdiction. High complexity and costs cause clients to search for ways of saving money and time on translations, but this has strings attached. Most