A webinar entitled “The Confidentiality Issue for Translators and Interpreters” is being organized on December 4th, 2014 by eCPD Webinars.
As you know, I often publicize such events – a good way to access training in short bites, from anywhere in the world with an internet connection, at a reasonable cost.
Comparative Legilinguistics – International Journal for Legal Communication is published each quarter by the Institute of Linguistics, Faculty of Modern Languages and Literature, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.
It contains articles, reviews and reports in English, French, Spanish, Chinese and Russian. The articles are peer-reviewed by two reviewers (double-blind review).
Comparative Legilinguistics is devoted mainly to legi-linguistics (legal linguistics), forensic linguistics, theory of the law and legal language, and legal translation.
The Centre for Forensic Linguistics at Aston University, Birmingham, UK, together with the International Association of English in Law and Insurance is running a workshop on teaching legal English that will take place on Wednesday 19th November 2014, from 10 am to 4 pm.
Today I offer you a few morsels from an article entitled “Goodbye to Law Reviews” by Fred Rodell, Yale Law School, published in 1936. My question is, how much has changed? 😉
The annual CIUTI forum (the International Standing Conference of University Institutes of Translating and Interpreting) will be held from 15-16 January 2015, at the United Nations, Palais des Nations,
Geneva, Switzerland.
Next year’s event is entitled “Pillars of communication in times of uncertainty“.
To download the programme and register, see the forum website here.
If you’re curious, the picture above of Geneva pillars, by John & Met Kots, shows the International Labour Organization building.
A compilation, issued by the European Commission, bringing together the core legal texts on euro banknotes and coins has just been published. It is entitled “Economic and Monetary Union – Main Euro Cash Legislation 2014“.
…when it’s a burrito, according to the Superior Court in Massachusetts in 2006.
The University of Roehampton and the open-access Journal of Specialised Translation are organizing a one-day event on Friday 9 January 2015 at the University of Roehampton, London, UK entitled Becoming a Legal Translator: a symposium.
Today I’d like to point out to you an article by Kenneth A. Adams. His book A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting is widely used throughout the legal profession. The Lawyers Weekly explains: “In the world of contract drafting, Ken Adams is the guru”.
Enjoy your week everyone!
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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