Bilingual Transcription, Interpretation and Translation

HKIAC works with various external service providers to assist you with your needs. Please see below a non-exhaustive list of external service providers and their service description provided by them. 

Epiq, a worldwide provider of legal services, serving law firms, corporations, financial institutions and government agencies, provides a comprehensive range of services at every phase in the lifecycle of an arbitration, litigation, regulatory investigation, or enquiry, from trial preparation and interview transcription to the provision of real-time court reporting and the electronic presentation of evidence (EPE). Epiq is an approved government supplier of end-to-end eDiscovery and courtroom services. Leveraging decades of unrivalled experience, Epiq has provided litigation and court reporting support services to almost every major hearing in Hong Kong over the past forty years.

Arbitration Services
Our resources and experience provide parties with cost effective solutions to support local and international arbitrations regardless of complexity or duration. Services include:

• high quality, verbatim English and Chinese transcription and real-time court reporting
• consecutive and simultaneous interpretation
• online and offline electronic bundles, including EpiqTMX, a secure, cloud-based, highly scalable, real-time transcription and binder creation sharing platform, that supports document searches (including Chinese, Japanese, Korean (CJK)), allowing you to build electronic bundles quickly and easily
• electronic presentation of evidence (with EPE operator)
• AI-enhanced automatic speech-to-text platform, EpiqFast™, designed to create live transcripts with multiple speaker identification

Virtual Arbitrations
In response to the increased need for conducting arbitrations remotely, Epiq works in partnership with institutions such as the HKIAC to offer full eHearing services including:

• secure online eHearing platform
• access-controlled videoconferencing
• integrated real-time transcription and EPE services
• local and remote technical support
• concierge services with dedicated moderator/host

Please contact hongkong@epiqglobal.com, or learn more at https://www.epiqglobal.com/en-hk/experience/court-reporting.

Opus 2’s multi-award-winning services and software for arbitration include shared electronic bundles, real-time transcription, and evidence presentation to deliver a truly integrated and seamless dispute resolution experience whether in-person, virtual, or hybrid. 

Shared electronic bundle
All case materials are uploaded to party-specific, private, customisable workspaces. The shared electronic bundle enables your team to work collaboratively, leveraging features such as advanced search and filtering, annotation, tagging, and hyperlinking. You can build a comprehensive database of characters to link key evidence and documents, and a chronological timeline of facts, to provide a visual, event-based view of the case.

Real-time transcription
Accessed via the same dedicated, secure interface as the document set, users can follow and annotate live transcripts during the hearing as well as access finalised transcripts with synchronised audio at the end of each hearing day. Built-in secure chat functionality can also be used by parties to communicate privately during the hearing. Transcription services available in English and Chinese.

Electronic presentation of evidence (EPE)
Automatically follow the live evidence being presented during a hearing in your own secure, private workspace while continuing to annotate and view your notes. Quickly view documents referred to during proceedings via the real-time transcript with hyperlinked references included in each day's transcript.

Video Conferencing
Opus 2 also offers secure video conferencing services for virtual and hybrid hearings, supported by a dedicated virtual hearing manager and ensuring seamless communication and proceedings regardless of location.

Interpretation Services
Consecutive and simultaneous interpretation services available for English, Mandarin, and Cantonese as well as other major Asian and European languages.

Opus 2 Hearings provides a highly flexible solution that we tailor to meet the specific needs of your case. 

For a quote and to learn more about our services, please contact bdapac@opus2.com or visit https://www.opus2.com/en-apac/solutions/hearings/

TransPerfect Legal Solutions (TLS) is a division of TransPerfect—the world’s leading privately held provider of language services and technology solutions. For over 20 years, TLS has been the trusted provider of legal support services to every Am Law 200 and Global 100 law firm, as well as virtually every Fortune 500 company.

TLS provides specialized support to regional and US/international law firms as well as in-house counsel and compliance teams to tackle specific projects and matters. This legal support includes:

• Document Translation;
• Verbal Interpretation (for conferences, presentations, board meetings, hearings, interviews etc.);
• Audio/Video Transcription;
• Litigation and Forensics– Digital forensics, eDiscovery, document production and reprographics;
• Information Governance – Data breach reporting and DSAR workflows;
• Legal Staffing – provision of temporary paralegals, lawyers and linguists based onsite or remotely;
• Global Training & E-Learning; and
• Multilingual Call Center solutions – cyber breach notifications, Class Actions support

Contact hongkong@transperfect.com for details.