On 26 May 2015 at 11.30 am, eCPD Webinars is hosting a webinar of 60-70 minutes in length plus Q&A, entitled An introduction to Russian/English legal translation.
Seminar – Clarification and Easification of Legislative Drafting
A last-minute stop-press announcement…
Tomorrow, 25 March 2015, from 2.30 to 5.30 pm, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London, England, is holding a seminar entitled Clarification and Easification of Legislative Drafting.
Liens utiles en langue française (institutions)
To celebrate the Journée internationale de la Francophonie, (see yesterday’s post), here is a useful list of websites forming terminology resources in the French language, made available by the European Commission.
Demain: Journée internationale de la Francophonie
I am posting this today, to be sure that readers all across the globe are aware of the event in time. Tomorrow, 20 March 2015, there will be all kinds of events celebrating the French language worldwide.
The Journée internationale de la Francophonie forms part of a week-long event, Semaine de la langue française et de la francophonie, created in 1995 by the French Ministry of Culture & Communication.
Monday smile – On the tangible nature of fish
The American Courts have been mulling over the question of which fish are tangible or intangible.
Following an offshore inspection of a commercial fishing vessel which revealed undersized red grouper fish among its catch, a case went from District Court level up to the US Supreme Court to establish whether a fish was to be considered a “tangible object”.
The case has been followed by the excellent blog Language Log, and you can read more about the recent Supreme Court decision here (including links to the written opinions and oral arguments).
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Note: Apologies to my readers for lack of posting last week – hard drive failure put cat among pigeons…
Monday smile – Left is right but so is right
Recent product design awards at International Forum Design have featured a new Chinese electronic smartphone. The launch video for the product is rather interesting linguistically.
Volunteering – United Nations global study on legal aid
I have just been made aware of a volunteering opportunity for translators, published by the United Nations Volunteers (UNV), UNODC Justice Section.
“The Global Study on Legal Aid aims to gather information on national practices on the access to Legal Aid worldwide. The Study will be conducted by sending out surveys to Member States and individual experts. The task will involve translating the survey introduction and questions from English into various languages.”
Great terminology resources from ISIT Paris
The library of the prestigious Institut de management et de communication interculturels (ISIT), formerly the Institut supérieur d’interprétation et de traduction, makes available a whole host of resources on its website, in various languages.
Global Law Summit round-up
Magna Carta
Last week, a one-off three-day event entitled The Global Law Summit (GLS) was held in London, UK, to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta.
The Global Law Summit brought together 2,000 leaders in law, business, government and academia from all around the world.
Monday smile – Please don’t eat the daffodils
An interesting twist on the UK’s so-called “Nanny State”? Public Health England (PHE), an executive agency sponsored by the Department of Health, has recently requested that supermarkets separate daffodils from areas where fruit and vegetables are sold.
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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