Legal and Social Service Glossaries in Various Languages

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.

Other glossaries:

• The Social Security Administration maintains an English-Spanish Glossary of Social Security Terms
• The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has an English-Spanish Dictionary.
• Fannie Mae publishes an English/Spanish Glossary of Industry Terms
• The Internal Revenue Service publishes an English-Spanish Glossary of Words and Phrases
• The Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Coporation publishes a searchable English-Spanish Glossary of Student Financial Aid and Postsecondary Education Legal Terms
• The National Center for State Courts has various multilingual glossaries posted by language.
• Pro Bono Net has a Language Access Initiative Section which includes a translation bank (must sign up for an account to view.)