Reputed Legal Firm Enhancing Legal Accessibility Through High-tech Document Translation
About the Client
The client is a government-backed exclusive authority that publishes judicial documents and materials of public interest for access on a national scale. It is this national body that plays a crucial role in disseminating legal information related to citizen rights, court procedures, grievance redressal, and public safety. Its goal is that legal resources must be accessible, transparent, and available to all citizens, irrespective of region and language.
Challenge
The legal system in India generates many documents, primarily published in English or limited bilingual editions. This leads to barriers for millions of citizens in regional and rural areas, who were unable to cope with:
- Limited access to legal information in their native languages.
- It reflects a complete misunderstanding of complex legal jargon even among educated members of society.
- Some informal or inaccurate attempts to understand the essential legal texts.
- Misinformation, miscommunications, and delays in procedural matters are standard features.
In this regard, the client recognized that the solution needs to address all the issues related to providing inclusive and accessible legal information in India's diverse linguistic context.
Solution
After detailed discussions with the client and framing the scope of work, Devnagri AI team developed a custom legal translation workflow solution. The solution addresses all the client's challenges while ensuring legal accuracy, linguistic inclusivity, and public intelligibility.
- Identified priority documents such as summons, bail notices, citizen rights protocols, grievance redressal procedures, and consumer protection guidelines
- Created format-ready content adaptable for digital platforms, mobile apps, and printed leaflets
- Developed a legal-specific translation workflow, designed to preserve legal meaning while simplifying language for public understanding
- Applied multi-layered AI quality checks to validate legal accuracy, consistency, and formatting
Aligned the glossary and terminology with government-approved legal standards to maintain coherence across all documents
Key Features
- High-quality document translation with legal precision and multiple languages.
- Centralized glossary management as per the government-approved terminology.
- AI-driven Formatting for leaflets, mobile applications, and online portals.
- Support all formats, including Excel, PDF, images, and more.
Result
The project translated simplified and legally accurate versions of essential documents into ten popular Indian languages, resulting in one far-reaching outcome:
- Legal rights and processes became accessible to the public across regions and rural areas.
- Successful extensive national legal awareness campaigns using easily comprehensible materials.
- Provided credible legal materials to the courts and non-governmental organizations to be available in the public domain.
- Reduced misunderstandings and delays by 40% through the use of clear, legally approved documents.
This shows that proper language inclusivity is at the heart of empowering people through law, thus showcasing the localization as an asset in justice delivery and public trust in the system. A reputed company joined a government-backed legal authority to transform crucial legal documents in 10 Indian languages using AI-empowered, legally accurate workflows.
