TLC's Language Blog

Accurate translation is not enough if people cannot access the information. Learn how accessibility and language access intersect in multilingual communications.

In regulated industries, organizations already understand the importance of managing risk in areas such as cybersecurity, quality, data privacy, regulatory compliance, and operational safety. Multilingual communication deserves the same level of intentionality.

The MIS™ is designed for organizations operating in regulated environments where multilingual content carries legal, regulatory, or safety consequences. But the principles apply more broadly. Any organization that communicates across languages with employees, patients, customers, or the public has a governance interest in how that communication is managed.

Clients in regulated industries should ask their Language Services Providers to make the translation process visible. Otherwise, they can assume the worst: that controls, sources, approvals, and decisions behind the words are undocumented or unverifiable. That Google Translate was used, instead of a qualified human translator working in a secure environment.