Legal and Business French Interpreting and Translation Services – Sue Leschen

I am a lawyer-linguist and the Director of niche market company Avocate Legal and Business French Interpreting and Translation Services. With a legal background, I specialise in legal and business French interpreting and translation.

I interpret in courts, police stations, solicitors’ offices as well as in business meetings, training sessions and conferences. I interpret both Face to Face and remotely by telephone, Skype and video – link.

I translate all manner of legal documents such as contracts, insurance policies, documents needed for the purchase and sale of residential properties in France.

I am a member of:

• Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL)
• Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI)
• National Register of Public Service Interpreters (NRPSI)
• Association of Police and Court Interpreters (APCI)
• North West Translators Network (NWTN)

Training and mentoring

Avocate also has a training arm and assists colleagues either face to face or by Skype to:

• prepare for their DPSI Law and Local Government examinations
• tackle legal terminology problems in their translations
• improve their spoken and written legal English
• Business support for colleagues running freelance businesses
• assisting colleagues to draft terms and conditions for their businesses
• assisting colleagues to draft legal and honest content for their websites
• assisting colleagues to draft invoices, quotes and estimates