Hart Publishing / Bloomsbury Professional have recently published a revised and updated second edition of International and European Criminal Law.
It highlights “the most important aspects of European and international criminal law in order to provide the reader with a comprehensive, concise and solid introduction to the field”. Continue reading
An American judge, Cecilia M. Altonaga of the Southern District of Florida, responded to an extremely badly written complaint by requiring the lawyer in question to get his next pleading “reviewed and approved by a teacher of the English language“. 🙂
On 28 February 2018 the Société française des traducteurs (SFT) is organizing a webinar on translators’ rights and obligations. The training session will be in French, so the rest of this post follows suit.
eCPD Webinars is offering a webinar entitled “A systematic approach to translating contracts into English” on 14 February 2018, presented by a fellow blogger and attendee of #W2D2017, Rob Lunn, of Legally Yours from Spain (see his guest post here). Continue reading
In this week’s news… a Chinese restaurant in the United States – Vermont to be precise – managed to avoid being robbed because the criminal didn’t get the message across. Continue reading
Registration for paid traineeships at the European Commission is now open. They consist of 5 months with the Commission, or certain executive bodies and agencies of the European institutions such as the European External Action Service or the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, starting on either 1 March or 1 October.
Happy New Year to all readers of this blog, with very best wishes for a wonderful 2018.
I liked this image, which shows that years – and our lives – are essentially made up of people. 🙂
A good thought in an age of machines, I believe. 🙂
Today I’d like to bring to your attention a fantastic little resource which can be used to understand how CELEX document codes are used in EUR-Lex (the e-platform for European Union law). The CELEX number is the unique identifier of each document in EUR-Lex, regardless of language. Continue reading
A Swedish building firm has calculated the load-bearing capacity of national roofs to withstand Santa, the reindeer, the sleigh, and the presents. Yes, really. 🙂 Continue reading
The Institute of Linguistics at Adam Mickiewicz University, and Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Police College are holding the 13th International Conference devoted to Language and the Law. The conference will be held over 3 days, from 13 to 15 July 2018 (Friday-Sunday) in Poznan, Poland.
The aim is to provide a forum for discussion in those scientific fields where linguistic and legal interests converge, and to facilitate integration between linguists, computer scientists and lawyers from all around the world.
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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