In the field of Intellectual Property, language plays an essential role as this field involves a linkage to many countries over the world. We help our clients with Translation Services for Technical Documents such as Patents, Invention Disclosures, Scientific Publications, Agreements, Manuals, etc. We provide translation services from and to Indian languages and Foreign languages.
Some of the major languages that our team deals with are German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, etc. With respect to the field of Patents, translations services will be required in many different scenarios. Beginning with patent searches, in all patent searches some of the relevant documents that come up as important prior arts may be in any language other than English.
So, in order to understand the prior art documents there are different types of translation services that will be of assistance to the client, based on the custom requirement. If these prior art documents are of high relevance requiring technical expertise for translation and belong to any specialized subject domain, it would be ideal for a certified translator to execute the work.
If a basic understanding of the document is required then a human assisted machine translation or a human translation can be opted for. In the scenario where a general gist of the subject matter of the invention is required a machine translation may also suffice. A simple machine translation may not be sufficient and may often have the issues as to that of similar sounding words mis translated, similar looking words may be mistranslated. For instance, Exito in Spanish means success, however, the same word may be mis translated in certain instances as exit in English rather than success. This may also be vice versa. However, in the cases of where a prior art search is being conducted by the patent attorney before embarking on drafting a patent application, a simple machine translated text is sufficient to understand the title, the abstract and the summary of the invention. Therefore based on the requirements of the client, and the level of difficulty and technicality of the document, the type of translator can be chosen.
The translation of the patent documents are not only required with respect to the understanding prior art document before embarking on drafting, but also while responding to office action or Examination reports. Only when the document is translated will the response be of satisfactory nature. Also, the translation of patent applications from other languages finds itself useful while instituting infringement proceedings and defending infringement proceedings before the Patent office in the form of Oppositions and before the Courts in the form of suits.
Translations are of particular importance with respect to the European Union as the law mandates the European Patent Validation in the member countries of the European Union. IN order to validate a European Patent, one has to file the patent in the language that is acceptable by the patent Office of the respective Country. The European Office allows for a choice of around 5 languages in which patents are filed. However, when they enter into the national phases, there is a requirement that the patents be translated in to into the acceptable regional languages of the respective patent offices.
One strategy that an Applicant in the European Union may adopt, keeping in mind that they may have to have multiple applications in different languages that may be filed in the different countries is to have the first or base application drafted in English and comprehensively. That base application may then be used to translated in to the respective local language applications at the time of entry to the countries. This will also be cost effective as while responding to office actions, one will not find themselves in a position of lack of subject matter in the Application to defend the Application. This coupled with a human assisted machine translation along with a review of a patent specialist or attorney, produces quality translated applications. These patent applications retain the quality and the strength in which it was intended to be drafted the first time.
When patents are filed in foreign countries, several patent office’s require the patent document to be filed in the respective native language. We at Singhwal assist our clients through the whole procedure of filing which also includes translations. Our network of experienced translators are well versed in Patent translations and are also aware of country specific formality requirements.
Patent litigation is another important area where translations are required. In the court of law, when documents are produced in the form of proof, several patent related documents may require translations. Translations would be required for patent documents, journal articles, instruction manuals, or any other relevant documents.
As mentioned above, these translations can be executed by highly experienced translators, to provide the best understanding of the document, in order to successfully process the court proceedings. Our Singhwal translation team has several hours of translation management experience which helps us identify the right type of translation which would be ideal for the clients scenario. We have a big network of certified translators who are well versed in patent translations, and who are native to the target language. Particularly when it is a matter that has to be represented before a Court of law, one would not want the essence of the invention, especially the claims lose its strength and importance due to translations.
For some specific languages we have a network of subject specific translation experts who provide accurate technical translations. We assist our clients throughout the whole procedure of choosing the type of translation, processing and completion of translation. We are always prompt with our translation deliveries as many of the patent document translation and any other technical document translations are required within a specific time frame as per the custom requirement.
We at Singhwal have a Translation Management team which has handled several foreign language translation projects and have also successfully executed them on time by providing best quality,confidentiality and cost effective solutions.
