Avocate Legal and Business French Services Ltd is a niche – market company based in Manchester, UK. The director is entrepreneurial lawyer – linguist Sue Leschen who has married her twin passions of law and language together since 2003. Sue offers a bespoke one – stop service as she is both a UK qualified lawyer (solicitor) – albeit now non – practising, as well as a well – known language professional. Sue is a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) and also of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI) and is a Registrant of the National Register of Public Service Interpreters (NRPSI). Sue also holds Chartered Linguist (Interpreter) status and is an active member of the CIOL Interpreting Division Steering Committee as well as of the Association of Interpreters and Translators (AIT).
Avocate not only translates legal and business documents but also has a training arm – particularly in the area of legal English terminology and Sue regularly mentors language professionals, lawyers and business people in this area.