Today’s smile is especially for French speakers (or readers). The well-known dictionary publisher Le Robert has recently released “Vous saurez tout sur le mot mot“.
These 224 illustrated pages of puns, historical gems, and little-known facts covering all aspects of life are guaranteed to raise smiles.
The Legal Interpreting Committee of AIIC (Association internationale des interprètes de conférence / International Association of Conference Interpreters) is organizing a symposium on legal issues in San Francisco from 5 to 8 June 2018. At the same time, AIIC USA will stage an exhibition on the Nuremberg trials.
Europeans can now make the most of their online subscriptions to films, sports events, e-books, video games or music services when travelling within the EU. Anyone interested in and working with languages will no doubt be delighted about this.
The Portability Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/1128 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market) has now entered into force.
Insights into some typical British habits – from Marmite to builders’ tea, from dunking biscuits to pub carpets, and from allotments to tabloid newspapers. 🙂
A conference entitled “Eurolanguage in Private International Law. Legislating, translating and applying“/ “Eurolenguaje en Derecho internacional privado. Legislar, traducir y aplicar” will be held on 14 June 2018 at the Faculty of Law, Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain. Continue reading
I love this! Have a great week, whether you are working on a tax case or not… 🙂
The University of Turku, Finland is hosting the XVI Kätu Symposium on Translation and Interpreting Studies, on the theme of The Price of Translation, from 13-14 April 2018.
The conference will examine questions such as: How much are translators and interpreters paid today and who pays them? What did translation cost a thousand, a hundred or fifty years ago? Can a price be defined in other ways than money? How is the constant state of flux of the translation industry reflected in the well-being of translators? How does tendering affect the quality of translation and interpreting? In which circumstances do the negative aspects of translation outweigh the benefits? Can translation research have any negative effects?
A notorious feathered serial offender in Ayr, Scotland has been caught on film plodding unobtrusively into a store and sneaking off with a packet of potato crisps.
Yes, really. 🙂
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is seeking applications for the post of Associate Translator, in the French Translation Section of the Language Division of the Administration and Management Sector, located in Geneva, Switzerland.
The application deadline is 23 March 2018, 10:59:00 pm (local date and time).
Future Learn, the MOOC consortium, is offering a free 4-week online course (3 hours per week) entitled “Understanding the General Data Protection Regulation“. The course has been developed by the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Continue reading
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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