Arie de Vois – Portrait of a Notary
Europe denounces the monopoly of notaries, as well as the condition of access to the profession, both of which are considered not competitive. Moves were already under discussion in the drafting of Directive 2006/123/EC on services in the internal market, but had been shelved. A CJEU ruling in 2011 determined that notarial activities are in the field of competition, and a recent Council recommendation (see page 5) has underscored that ruling.
The 3rd European Legal English Teachers’ Association (EULETA) Legal English Workshop, Training Our Students To Use Plain English, is to be held on 28 September 2013 at the Language Centre, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
The EU is currently looking for translators from across Europe to work for the EU Institutions in the following languages: Danish, English, French, Italian, Maltese, Dutch, Slovenian.
Previous experience in a relevant role is not required, but candidates should combine a degree-level education with a very self-motivated approach and the drive and determination to make a major contribution.
Applications opened 11 July 2013
Deadline for applications: 13 August 2013, 12.00 (Brussels time)
For more information and to apply, click here.
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Credit: Thanks to Carol for the heads-up.
I hope some readers will have seen (in the dim and distant past) a great television series about the British civil service called Yes, Minister.
Following last week’s post on the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court YouTube channel, here we are again but this time in Brazil.
A regional conference is being organized from August 16-18 at the Holiday Inn, Orlando International Airport, Florida, USA.
The conference is entitled: Finding the Parallels: Interpreting in Medical and Judicial Settings.
The Syndicat national des traducteurs professionnels is organizing two days’ training, from 24-25 October 2013, with a visit in the afternoon of the previous day, 23 October.
The seventh edition of the Summer Institute of Jurilinguistics will take place on Friday August 30th 2013, from 8:30-4:15, at the Faculty of Law of McGill University (New Chancellor Day Hall, 3644 Peel Street, Montreal, Canada).
A little extract from the Dictionnaire des idées reçues for your delectation and delight…
Lexacom English Law Courses is holding a two-day CPD course on English Law for Legal Interpreters & Translators at the St Giles Hotel in the West End of London, next to Tottenham Court Road tube station, on Saturday, 27th July & Sunday, 28th July, 2013.
The course is also suitable for civil code lawyers provided they have the requisite level of English.
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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