I’m sure that readers of this blog are convinced of the benefits of having a bilingual (or multilingual) brain, but here is a short and clear animation that you might like to use to explain them to others. đ
Financial standards – free pocket guide to IFRS
The not-for-profit IFRS Foundation makes available, free of charge, its research about the use and application of IFRS standards in individual jurisdictions around the world.
As well as being a mine of information about the standards in general, The ‘Pocket Guide to IFRS standards: the global financial reporting language’ provides summaries of application in 143 countries.
French Ministry of Justice multimedia information
The website of the French Ministry of Justice makes available a range of audio and video recordings discussing various aspects of the legal system in France and more.
Monday smile – In principle…
Midsummer week begins…
Conference – Legal English, EULETA, Zurich, Switzerland
The 2016 biennial EULETA (European Legal English Teachersâ Association) conference will take place at Winterthur, near Zurich, Switzerland from 30 September to 2 October 2016.
Hot topics will include paralegal education and legal English challenges in cross-border business litigation.
Monday smile – How not to write an introduction
An introduction of three paragraphs, eight sentences, and 318 words? đ
Conference catch-up – FutureLaw 2016
On May 20, 2016, CodeX â the Center for Legal Informatics at Stanford Law School â hosted FutureLaw 2016, CodeXâs fourth annual conference focusing on how technology is changing the landscape of the legal profession, the law itself, and how these changes impact us all.
Symposium – Why is legal language so complicated? (London, UK)
On 29 June 2016, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London (UK), in association with the University of Palermo, Sicily, Dipartimento di Studi Europei e dell’integrazione internazionale (DEMS), offers a symposium entitled “Why is legal language so complicated? Legislative drafters and linguists compare notes“.
Monday smile – The way you slice it
Have a great week!
Course on Contract Translation, Trieste, Italy
I have just been informed that the Department of Legal, Language, Interpreting and Translation Studies at the University of Trieste in Italy is organising a course for professional translators entitled âTranslating contracts from English into Italianâ from 27 June to 1 July 2016. The deadline for registration is in 5 days, so hurry, hurry!
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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