As many of you know, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Translation and the Joint Research Centre make freely available translation memories which include the majority of the European Union’s legislative documents (Acquis Communautaire) and some other documents not forming part of the Acquis, in 24 EU languages.
The aim is to support multilingualism, language diversity and the re-use of Commission information.
McGraw Hill Financial, Inc., the parent company of, among others, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, and S&P Dow Jones Indices, is seeking a Head of Translation Services for Platts, its benchmark price assessments and commodities intelligence arm, to be located in London, UK.
Today is an unusual post – I’d like to ask for your help. I’m collecting words, in as many different languages as possible, about the legal translation profession that people find irritating, annoying, frustrating, or devaluing. Let me give you an example that bothers me: describing translators (i.e. people) as “assets” or “resources”.
I’d be really grateful if you could send me as many examples as possible – preferably not in English – either to describe translators, or the buying/selling of translation, or any parts of the translation process.
You are most welcome to tweet, to add a comment below, or to use the sidebar email form.
Thanks in advance!
The United Nations Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM) in New York, USA is offering 13 internships: translation into Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, German and Arabic; as well as verbatim reporting, editing, and knowledge management.
The United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT) is seeking a Consultant Language Reviewer (French to English) to support the operation of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). The ECCC is a domestic court supported with international staff, established in accordance with Cambodian law.
Une table ronde « Justice : le droit à la traduction aujourd’hui » aura lieu à Paris le mardi 22 mars 2016 de 16h30 à 19h00, admission gratuite.
In view of the fact that many readers of this blog – for example legal translators, lawyers working internationally, legal interpreters, or lawyer-linguists – are self-employed, I noted with interest a recent review published by the European Commission’s Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion entitled Employment and Social Developments in Europe. There are some very interesting findings on self-employment and entrepreneurship, including significant changes since 2000.
St. Mary’s church, Henley, UK
Following hard on the heels of last week’s post on the United Nations’ foreign language essay contest… there are about two weeks left to enter the St. Jerome Translation Contest.
The Syndicat national des traducteurs professionnels is organizing a two-day training course “Horizon justice française 6” to take place on 4 & 5 February 2016 in Montpellier, France. There are also optional visits of a prison and a criminal hearing on 3 February.
A sponsored foreign language essay contest for students is being held across the world, run by United Nations Academic Impact and supported by Ban Ki Moon.
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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