The Cuneiform Commentaries Project (CCP) at the University of Yale in the United States allows anyone, whether a scholar or the general public, to see how people in early history discussed texts and interpreted them.
Category Archives: News
Job & traineeship opportunities at European Central Bank
The European Central Bank is currently offering traineeships for translators in Finnish, Greek, Maltese, Portuguese, and Swedish; a traineeship for a German lawyer-linguist; and a post as lawyer-linguist with Maltese as main language and English legal editing skills.
Seminar – Clarification and Easification of Legislative Drafting
A last-minute stop-press announcement…
Tomorrow, 25 March 2015, from 2.30 to 5.30 pm, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London, England, is holding a seminar entitled Clarification and Easification of Legislative Drafting.
Demain: Journée internationale de la Francophonie
I am posting this today, to be sure that readers all across the globe are aware of the event in time. Tomorrow, 20 March 2015, there will be all kinds of events celebrating the French language worldwide.
The Journée internationale de la Francophonie forms part of a week-long event, Semaine de la langue française et de la francophonie, created in 1995 by the French Ministry of Culture & Communication.
Volunteering – United Nations global study on legal aid
I have just been made aware of a volunteering opportunity for translators, published by the United Nations Volunteers (UNV), UNODC Justice Section.
“The Global Study on Legal Aid aims to gather information on national practices on the access to Legal Aid worldwide. The Study will be conducted by sending out surveys to Member States and individual experts. The task will involve translating the survey introduction and questions from English into various languages.”
Global Law Summit round-up
Magna Carta
Last week, a one-off three-day event entitled The Global Law Summit (GLS) was held in London, UK, to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta.
The Global Law Summit brought together 2,000 leaders in law, business, government and academia from all around the world.
Happy New Year from WordstoDeeds
Dear readers worldwide, in 194 countries at the last count (maybe this year we can exceed 200?!), thank you so much for reading, contributing and commenting. It’s a joy to be part of this community, and I look forward to a great year ahead in your company. 🙂
Festive travel
As many people are winding down for a break across the globe, I thought a little relaxation might be in order.
I recently happened upon a new and beautifully shot video series by The New York Times called ’36 hours’. Each episode is a travel guide to what visitors could see and do during a short break in a city, including culture, history, food, and special or unusual aspects.
Job opportunity – Associate Translator (EN), International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court in The Hague is offering a post as Associate Translator (English), at the Court Interpretation and Translation Section within the Division of Court Services.
The deadline for applications is 22 December 2014, so hurry hurry!
New open-access journal on language and law
Language and Law / Linguagem e Direito is a new free, exclusively online peer-reviewed journal to be published twice a year.
The Editors are Malcolm Coulthard, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil, and Rui Sousa-Silva, Universidade do Porto, Portugal. The International Editorial Board comprises an impressive list of names from the fields of forensic linguistics, legal translation and interpreting, and more generally language and law.
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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