ATA Patent Translator’s Handbook

Contents

v	Preface
vii	Introduction

	PART I: THE ART AND PRACTICE OF PATENT TRANSLATION
3	Approaches to Patent Translation: Many Ways to Build a Mousetrap	Kirk Anderson
11	An Introduction to Patent Translation	Nicholas Hartmann
19	Literal Translation of Patents	Martin Cross
29	Industrial Property Considerations for Patent Translators	R. Vivanco Cohn

	PART II: TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR PATENT TRANSLATORS
41	Internet Resources for the Translation of Patents Into English	Steve Vlasta Vitek
49	Developing a Lean, Mean Patent Translation Memory	Suzanne Friis Gagliardi

	PART III: PATENT LITIGATION
57	Managing Patent Litigation Projects	Alison Carroll and Lillian Clementi

	PART IV: INDUSTRYSPECIFIC RESOURCES FOR PATENT TRANSLATORS
75	Translating Biotech Patents	Alice M. Berglund
85	Intellectual Property and Biotechnology Patents	Patricia Thickstun
97	Translating Automotive Patents	Gabe Bokor

	PART V: CONCLUSION
115	Live and Learn: Lessons from a Veteran Patent Translation Team: An interview with Jan McLin Clayberg and Olaf Bexhoeft	Conducted bv Alison Carroll and Lillian Clementi


119	Glossary of Patent Terms	Martin Cross
129	German-English Glossary of “Patentese”	Jan McLin Clayberg
135	Biotechnology Glossary for Patent Translators	Patricia Thickstun
151	Index

After a lot of hard work, especially on the part of Alison Carroll, our editor, The Patent Translator’s Handbook is now on sale. The book is a compendium of knowledge by some of the world’s most experienced and knowledgeable patent translators and translation managers and includes an introduction by a patent attorney who is also a translator.

Although there are a number of books written in Japanese on the subject of patent translation, and the ATA publishes the Japanese Patent Translation Handbook, which is written in English, The Patent Translator’s Handbook is the first book written in English on the subjection of patent translation from all languages into English. A number of the contributors translate from German and there are even some German-English glossaries, but the book’s authors also translate from French, Japanese and Spanish and the chapters are written with translators of any language in mind.

The book is, first and foremost, a how-to guide for patent translators, with ample introductory information for the novice, but it also provides a formal definition of literal translation in the context of patents and a methodology for producing and evaluating translations according to this methodology. We can expect this to become a touchstone for law firms that manage their own translation and a reference in litigation where translation is an issue. There is also a chapter on managing translation for litigation, which every patent paralegal who works on multinational cases should read. In fact, I have already had calls from a few large law firms asking where they could buy a copy.

To answer that question, the best way is to order it online from the ATA. If you are wary of entering your credit card information online, you can also call the ATA at 03-683-6100.

My own chapter, which is on literal translation, can be viewed online in the Resources section of the Patent Translations Inc. web site. I also contributed the glossary of patent terminology, and I hope to make that available online soon.

I am planning to blog in more detail about the individual sections and chapters but, for the moment, I’ll just post the table of contents to pique your interest — assuming that you are the sort of person whose interest is piqued by this sort of thing.

ATA Patent Translator’s Handbook

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