AssITIG (Associazione Italiana Traduttori e Interpreti Giudiziari) is organizing a Round Table on the topic of “Ethics of court interpreting in judicial contexts” on 16th April 2016 at 10 am at the Law Courts of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.
Monday smile – Le chocolat et l’histoire
Edifying chocolate? Healthy chocolate? Historical chocolate?
In Paris… of course! 😉
Job opportunity – Head of Translation Services
McGraw Hill Financial, Inc., the parent company of, among others, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, and S&P Dow Jones Indices, is seeking a Head of Translation Services for Platts, its benchmark price assessments and commodities intelligence arm, to be located in London, UK.
Monday smile – The Pomodoro Technique
Today’s post is fun and certainly ludique, but I hope it may also be useful to some readers.
The Pomodoro Technique is a way to manage time, developed by the Italian Francesco Cirillo in the 1980s – it took me a while to find out about it ;-).
Annoying words
Today is an unusual post – I’d like to ask for your help. I’m collecting words, in as many different languages as possible, about the legal translation profession that people find irritating, annoying, frustrating, or devaluing. Let me give you an example that bothers me: describing translators (i.e. people) as “assets” or “resources”.
I’d be really grateful if you could send me as many examples as possible – preferably not in English – either to describe translators, or the buying/selling of translation, or any parts of the translation process.
You are most welcome to tweet, to add a comment below, or to use the sidebar email form.
Thanks in advance!
Monday smile – Contracts and confectionery
A little dose of urban myth today – about a much-discussed rider to contracts involving the pop group Van Halen, requiring there to be “no brown M&Ms” in the confectionery set out for the musicians when they were playing a gig.
Translation internships at the United Nations, New York
The United Nations Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM) in New York, USA is offering 13 internships: translation into Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, German and Arabic; as well as verbatim reporting, editing, and knowledge management.
Conference – LSP and Specialized Translation, Moscow, Russia
The Annual International Conference on LSP Teaching and Specialized Translation Skills Training in Higher Education Institutions (LSP & STST) brings together teachers, researchers and professionals from all over the world, and is to be held at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia, on 6-7 April 2016.
Monday smile – Shakespeare and the law
Rather a ‘cultural’ Monday smile today… Continue reading
Job opportunity – Consultant language reviewer FR>EN
The United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT) is seeking a Consultant Language Reviewer (French to English) to support the operation of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). The ECCC is a domestic court supported with international staff, established in accordance with Cambodian law.
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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