Conference – Legal Discourse: Forms and Functions, Shanghai 2013
The Third International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse - Legal Discourse: Forms and Functions is to be held at Shanghai’s …
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Book review – Found in Translation
I feel sure that most readers who are translators will already have heard about the book Found in Translation by …
Signage changes in Quebec
The major brands Walmart, Costco, Best Buy, Gap, Old Navy and Guess are taking legal action against the Government of …
What exactly is document review?
On the same subject as last week’s post From Louboutin to lawyer-linguists?, this guest post from Andrea Kaluzny is a tongue-in-cheek account …
e-learning – FR/PT notarial practice, company/business law, law of obligations,& family law
Tradulínguas, based in Lisbon, Portugal, and organizers since 2005 of online training and webinars, as well as in-person translation workshops …
Proz Lawyer-Linguist Virtual Event
Now I know that some readers have reservations about Proz.com, but in the interests of the dissemination of information… Proz.com …
From Louboutin to lawyer-linguists?
A recent article in the magazine The Economist has highlighted a need for legal translators and linguists to work in …
Judge gives lawyers editing lessons
In August this year, a US Judge, Steven D. Merryday at the District Court, Tampa Division, Florida, rejected submissions by …
Monday smiles – Crackpot UK laws
Many thanks to Mary Lynn for sending me this idea… The UK’s most ancient laws are often a rich source …
Article about forensic speech analysis & new magazine
A new language and linguistics magazine has just been launched that might interest you. The quarterly is called “Babel” and …
