Editing Machine translation (section)

=== Law ===
[[Legal English|Legal language]] poses a significant challenge to machine translation tools due to its precise nature and atypical use of normal words. For this reason, specialized algorithms have been developed for use in legal contexts.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=legalj |date=2023-01-02 |title=Man v. Machine: Social and Legal Implications of Machine Translation |url=https://legaljournal.princeton.edu/man-v-machine-social-and-legal-implications-of-machine-translation/ |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=Princeton Legal Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> Due to the risk of mistranslations arising from machine translators, researchers recommend that machine translations should be reviewed by human translators for accuracy, and some courts prohibit its use in [[Legal proceeding|formal proceedings]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chavez |first=Edward L. |date=2008 |title=New Mexico's Success with Non-English Speaking Jurors |url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/jrlci1&id=307&div=&collection= |journal=Journal of Court Innovation |volume=1 |pages=303}}</ref>

The use of machine translation in law has raised concerns about translation errors and [[client confidentiality]]. Lawyers who use free translation tools such as Google Translate may accidentally violate client confidentiality by exposing private information to the providers of the translation tools.<ref name=":1" /> In addition, there have been arguments that consent for a police search that is obtained with machine translation is invalid, with different courts issuing different verdicts over whether or not these arguments are valid.<ref name=":02"/>