The Translation and Interpreting Institute in Qatar is organizing a Legal Translation Workshop from 21st to 24th September 2014, from 4 to 7 pm.
Job opportunity – EU institutions
The European Personnel Selection Office is looking for talented, motivated translators from across Europe to work for the EU Institutions in the following languages: German, Greek, Spanish or Swedish.
Monday smile – Word crimes (and remedies)
This tongue-in-cheek video should get you bouncing around this Monday morning. 🙂
Guest post – Legal translation…Why faster isn’t always better
Today I am very excited to share with you a post that, in my opinion, really sums up a great deal of best practice when buying legal translation.
The post is by Cynthia Hazleton, J.D., who is licensed to practice law in Ohio, and also has two Master’s Degrees – one in French, and one in French Translation. Cynthia has worked in the translation departments of Ernst & Young and the French Ministry of Justice, both in Paris. She teaches French Legal, Commercial and Diplomatic Translation at Kent State University, USA, and also has her own legal translation business.
Over to you Cynthia!
Research journal issue on crime fiction (open access)
The latest issue of The Journal of Specialised Translation is now available, including articles on crime fiction in translation, video interviews with crime fiction writers and translators, and reviews.
The journal is well-regarded and aims to create a forum for translators and researchers in specialised translation, to disseminate information, exchange ideas and to provide a dedicated publication outlet. Its issues are open access.
Monday smile – Un tour
Today’s smile has a distinctly French flavor… in keeping with the day! 🙂
Distinguishing translation from interpretation
Whilst I’m pretty sure that readers of this blog will be clear about the above difference, you might be interested in passing this post around to acquaintances who are less familiar with the distinction.
In a trilingual TEDx talk organized at the Monterey Institute, Laura Burian, Barry Olsen, and Miguel Garcia demonstrate the power of human cognition as they explain the subtle but important differences between professional translators and interpreters with assistance from Weihao Zhang (Chinese) and Beatriz Rodriguez (Spanish).
Official titles for the Valls government, France
A useful source of German, English, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese translations of the official titles of the new French government headed by Manuel Valls has now been placed online.
They are provided by the terminology workshop of the Groupe de travail interministériel sur la traduction (GIT). “L’objet de ces travaux est de fournir aux institutions et administrations françaises une terminologie commune aux fins de leur communication à l’international“.
Monday smile – Typing in concert
For all those who will be doing a lot of typing this week, today’s smile is a musical one…
Maritime law glossaries
There is a section of the website of McGill University in Canada devoted to maritime and admiralty law, that was maintained and provided by the late William Tetley¹.
It contains a range of references to articles and decisions, and in particular makes available an extensive Glossary of Maritime Law Terms.
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