Conference – Legal Translation, Court Interpreting and Comparative Legilinguistics (Legal Linguistics), Kołobrzeg, Poland

The Institute of Linguistics at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland is holding its 12th Conference on Legal Translation, Court Interpreting and Comparative Legilinguistics (Legal Linguistics). This year the event is in collaboration with the School of Maritime Studies, Kołobrzeg, Poland and Kołobrzeg will be the venue. The conference will run from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th June 2017.

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Advertising campaign by translators’ professional body

This weekend I discovered that OTTIAQ, the Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec had run a large-scale advertising campaign. It is an order with a reserved title representing more than 2,100 members, all of whom are certified language professionals.

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Monday smile – Tax form W-K9

Now I can hear you saying “How on earth can a tax form be a Monday smile?”.

Bear with me.

This is a tax form like no other.

The offering of Professor Paul L. Caron from Pepperdine University School of Law in Los Angeles for April Fool’s Day last year, the Individual Pet Tax Return W-K9 is the best thing I’ve seen for a very long time in relation to tax…

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