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Online expert panel on the Unitary Patent Court

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The Unitary Patent (UP) and Unified Patent Court (UPC) will become a reality in April 2023. It will have a profound and lasting impact on the European patent landscape. Described by EPO President, António Campinos, as “the most important change in the European patent system since the EPO took up its operations in 1977”, it will inevitably bring about a significant change to the patent strategies of businesses and patent advisors alike. Continue reading →

W2D2023 – Full steam ahead!

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I am delighted to announce that the conference programme for the conference “Legal Translation and Risk” is now fully final, and we are good to go for Saturday 28 to Sunday 29 January 2023.

Don’t miss out, if you don’t have a place yet, register now!

To make this conference another roaring success and make sure it raises awareness of legal translation globally and across all sectors, please share this news in any way you can – not just to legal translators but to lawyers and anyone with a stake in diligently translated legal documents. Continue reading →

Job opportunity – Translator, World Trade Organization

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The Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is seeking to fill the post of Translator in the English Translation Section of the Language, and Documentation Services and Division. This is a fixed-term contract funded through the regular budget. The duration will be two years with the possibility of extension. Continue reading →

International Translation Day – United Nations

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“International Translation Day is meant as an opportunity to pay tribute to the work of language professionals, which plays an important role in bringing nations together, facilitating dialogue, understanding and cooperation, contributing to development and strengthening world peace and security.”

Thus, on 24 May 2017, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 71/288 on the role of language professionals in connecting nations and fostering peace, understanding and development, and declared 30 September as International Translation Day. Continue reading →

Job opportunity – Principal Dutch Translator, European Central Bank

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The European Central Bank (ECB) is seeking a Principal Dutch Translator for a “fixed-term contract which may be converted into a permanent contract after three years subject to individual performance and organisational needs”.

Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Closing date: 18 October 2022.  Continue reading →

Job opportunities – Council of Europe (EN>FR)

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The Council of Europe in Strasbourg is holding an external recruitment competition for a French mother tongue Translator at the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights.

As a French mother tongue Translator, you will:

  • translate, from English into French, documents of a primarily legal nature drafted by Judges of the Court and members of its Registry;
  • ensure the linguistic quality of legal texts written in French by non–native speakers;

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Posting will resume on Tuesday 20 September

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Just to let readers know, with apologies for the extended break, that we are working away very hard behind the scenes on finalizing the W2D2023 conference programme, and will be back with regular posts next week.

In the meantime, here is something that rings true with me: “Imagine if the Queen’s death became the catalyst for a global outpouring of kindness“. In these difficult times all around the world, that sounds like a pretty good thing to do.