Foreign Language Review in a Box

Translating the Issues

PANELISTS

Caroline Sweeney

Global DirectorE-Discovery & Client Technology ServicesDorsey & Whitney

Richard Kershaw

Managing 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

SPONSOR CONTACT INFO

Richard KershawManaging Director, Technology

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Hong Kong SARE: richard.kershaw@fticonsulting.com

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