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7Sep2015

Monday smile – 1400 bottles of rare wine hanging in the balance

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wine… and not on the wall. The 1,404 bottles, to be precise, were seized under a law limiting beverage sales and are the subject of a ‘custody’ battle.

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4Sep2015

Salon du livre juridique, Paris, France

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ConstitutionFRThe 7th Salon du livre juridique will be held on 10 October 2015, at the Conseil constitutionnel in Paris, from
 10 am to 6pm. Entrance is free.

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3Sep2015

Job opportunity – Linguistic services, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

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The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, located in Hamburg, Germany, has a vacancy for a Senior Translator/Reviser (French into English) – Head of Linguistic Services.

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2Sep2015

Conference – Interpreter-mediated justice, Edinburgh, Scotland

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edinburghA symposium will be held on Saturday 7th November 2015 at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, entitled “Interpreter-mediated Justice: Different Languages, Different Research Methodologies“.

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31Aug2015

Monday smile – Bread & circuses

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baguettesHello again dear readers! It’s nice to be back. I expect many of you, in Europe particularly, may be easing back into work after summer holidays.

Today I have a little ‘media circus’ for you,¹ all about the famous and delicious French bread.

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10Aug2015

Cross-cultural and historical aspects to Punch & Judy

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punchnjudyWith this post, I am going to bid you farewell for a couple of weeks, while I hunker down to finish my research thesis, which has been hanging around for far too long. Look forward very much to seeing you in September!

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To celebrate the Great British Summer (ha ha), I offer you some interesting insights into the traditional Punch & Judy show.

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3Aug2015

Monday smile – About Fridays

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Just love this one…

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31Jul2015

The Oyez Project

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supreme court washOyez, a free law project at Chicago-Kent College of Law, is a multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States and its work.

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29Jul2015

Traduire les textes juridiques suisses (DE-FR)

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500px-Flag-map_of_Switzerland.svgThe University of Geneva is offering a 4-day course on translating Swiss legal texts. The working language will be French, and translations will be from German.

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28Jul2015

Third Roundtable on Forensic Linguistics, Mainz, Germany

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mainzThe Germanic Society for Forensic Linguistics (GSFL) is holding its Roundtable in Forensic Linguistics 2015, which will be the third annual event, from September 4th- 6th 2015 in Mainz, Germany.

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W2D2023 Conference

The third WordstoDeeds conference “Legal Translation and Risk” took place on Saturday 28 to Sunday 29 January 2023. It was a really great event!

Please share news of the conference in any way you can – not just to legal translators but to lawyers and anyone with a stake in diligently translated legal documents.

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