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Monday smile – Evidence
Failure of recollection is common.
Innocent misrecollection is not uncommon.
UN General Assembly Resolution on the Role of Professional Translation
For all of us working to enhance the professionalisation of legal translation, and the recognition of the legal translator’s role, yesterday’s United Nations General Assembly Resolution on the role of professional translation in connecting nations and fostering peace, understanding and development is excellent news. Continue reading
Book – Les mots du droit/Legal Thesaurus
The third edition of Les mots du droit: Lexique analogique juridique / Legal Thesaurus by Louis Beaudoin is not a recent publication, but no less useful for all that. Continue reading
Conference – Non-Professional Interpreting and Translation, Stellenbosch, South Africa
The Fourth International Conference on Non-Professional Interpreting and Translation (NPIT4) is being organized by the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) in Stellenbosch, South Africa from 22-24 May 2018.
It builds on discussions initiated at the first three international conferences on Non-Professional Interpreting and Translation held in Bologna/Forlì(2012), Mainz/Germersheim (2014) and Zurich (2016).
Monday smile – Craved cheese
When we think of theft, we may think of diamonds, or watches, or cars… but it seems that, according to a large-scale survey¹ carried out by the UK’s Center for Retail Research in 2011, it is actually cheese that “takes the biscuit”. 😉
Monday smile – Guide to ineffective presentations
Last week I went on a public speaking course, and was introduced to a wry video on ineffective presentations – in the form of the Ignite style (a further slimmed down form of Pecha Kucha).
You may squirm, or enjoy it, depending on your point of view!
Book publication: Introducción a la lingüística forense
A new book has just come out on forensic linguistics, by Gerald R. McMenanim, published by The Press at California State University, Fresno.
Since it is in Spanish, the remainder of this post follows suit…
Monday smile – The Ridiculous Business Jargon Dictionary
I mentioned this briefly about five years ago, but it is now definitely worth a Monday smile all of its own. 🙂
The Ridiculous Business Jargon Dictionary: an A to Z of those corporate gems.
Why investing in linguistic & cultural mediation would pay off for business
Décidément, this week’s posts have quite a French leaning. Today I wanted to share with you a recent article by Eléonore Mandel, Professeur en Management Interculturel, École de Management de Normandie, about how intercultural issues are crucial for business. It includes some #awkward# examples of French-Japanese misunderstanding – and shows why professional language-intercultural practitioners are so needed in the corporate world. Continue reading
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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