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Translators

Translation's insurance question has sharpened in the machine-translation era: when you sign off post-edited MT output and an error slips through, is that covered? The specialist market says it can be – if the wording addresses it.

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Key takeaway

Buy PI that names the way you actually work – MTPE, certified documents, your specialist domains, your clients' jurisdictions – and mirror the limit in your contracts' liability caps, as CIOL advises. At under £200 a year for most freelancers, the premium is trivial; an uncovered error in a filed legal translation is not. Interpreters: your spoken-work risks differ – see our interpreter guide.

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What we cover for translators

  1. What insurance does a translator need?
  2. How much does it cost?
  3. Comparison of providers
  4. Reviews and expert ratings
  5. Key takeaway
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