The International Criminal Court in The Hague is offering a two-year appointment with the possibility of extension (six months probationary period) for a Translator/Reviser (English).
Training – Criminal law & employment law, Düsseldorf
On Saturday 6th September 2014 and Sunday 7th September 2014, ATICOM (Fachverband der Berufsübersetzer und Berufsdolmetscher e.V.) is running a course on Criminal Law and Employment Law in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Federation of Belgian notaries offers great resource
This week I discovered a really useful website which is offered by the Fédération Royale du Notariat Belge – intended to inform the general public, it includes video guides and fact sheets on a number of key topics.
The resource is currently available in French and Dutch, and there are also short explanatory introductions to the profession of notary in 20 other languages.
Monday smile – Lawyer lets fly
Just in case you haven’t caught up with this one yet…
Stop press – English translation of the Italian Code of Criminal Procedure
Wolters Kluwer CEDAM has recently published The Italian Code of Criminal Procedure: Critical Essays and English Translation.
I’ll make my position clear from the outset – anyone working in the legal field with Italian/English, including, for example, translators, lawyers, officials, or the judiciary, should buy this book *now*!
From WikiLeaks to MT-leaks?
On Sunday I had a “Duh” moment when I saw an article entitled “Free machine translation can leak data“, published in TCWorld, a magazine for international information management. I think I can safely say that this doesn’t take any legal translator by surprise (!), nor indeed any other reader of this blog.
Monday smile – Advertising regulations
I did enjoy this…
Books for the beach
I keep seeing beach reading posts in national newspapers, but thought how nice it would be to share international titles amongst readers of this blog.
So do write in and tell us about your favourites, whether they be crime, legal or others, in their original language or in translation. For those in Australia and similar climes, please read fireside for beach!
I’ll start the ball rolling with a couple of collections of short stories from the Italian publisher Sellerio (whose catalogue includes many of the Montalbano books).
Cameroon General Tax Code
I recently came across an official translation of the Republic of Cameroon’s General Tax Code 2010 and thought it might be of interest…
Monday smile – Collective nouns for lawyers
Enjoy your week!
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