Legal and Social Service Glossaries in Various Languages

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Massachusetts Law Reform Institute

The following are links to glossaries of legal terms in a variety of languages:

  • Spanish (MA Trial Court, Office of Court Interpreter Services)
  • Spanish  (NJ Office of the Trial Court)
  • Vietnamese  (Washington, Office of the Administrator for the Courts)
  • Cantonese  (Washington, Office of the Administrator for the Courts)
  • Korean  (Washington, Office of the Administrator for the Courts)
  • Laotian  (Washington, Office of the Administrator for the Courts)
  • The Sacramento Superior Court (California) has provided a glossary of legal terminology that has been translated into multiple languages, including: English, Arabic, Armenian, Hindi, Hmong, Mien, Mong, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Urdu and Vietnamese.
  • The Minnesota Judicial Branch has glossaries of legal terminology in multiple languages, including: Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Mandarin, Arabic, Armenian, Mien, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian and Vietnamese.

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