The Terminology Coordination Unit (DG TRAD) is hosting a seminar on legal terminology starting at 9 am on Friday 29 November 2013, in the Schuman Hemicycle, on the premises of the European Parliament in Luxembourg.
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FAQs on language in the EU
A recent European Commission press release gives clear and informative answers to some frequently asked questions on languages in Europe.
Stop press – European Public Prosecutor’s Office
The European Commission is taking action to improve Union-wide prosecution of criminals who defraud EU taxpayers by establishing a European Public Prosecutor’s Office. Its exclusive task will be to investigate and prosecute and, where relevant, bring to judgement – in the Member States’ courts – crimes affecting the EU budget. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office will be an independent institution, subject to democratic oversight.
Translating Europe Days 2013, Brussels
Following last year’s successful event (see here, and my reports linked at the end of this post), the Directorate-General for Translation of the European Commission is organizing two days on 24 and 25 October 2013.
Conference: Multilingual Videoconferencing in Legal Proceedings, Antwerp, Belgium
An international symposium is to be held from 19-20 April 2013 in Antwerp, Belgium, entitled Multilingual Videoconferencing in Legal Proceedings.
The symposium is being organised by the EU project AVIDICUS 2 (Assessment of Video-Mediated Interpreting in the Criminal Justice System, led by the Centre for Translation Studies, University of Surrey, 2011-13), and will provide an update on current practice and research.
Free talk at Europe House, London, on IT at the Commission
There will be a talk on the IT tools used by European Commission translators at 14.30 on Wednesday 28 November at the EC Representation in the UK (Europe House, 32 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3 EU). Please find below more information on the presentation and details of how to register for the presentation.
Reporting from Brussels – Translation Studies Days, part 3
Today I offer you Part 3 of my report on the Translation Studies Days held in Brussels on 20 & 21 September 2012, looking at the three remaining studies that have been published. You can find Part 1 here, and Part 2 here. The fourth and final part, concerning the very interesting Masters and PhD projects presented, can be found here.
Reporting from Brussels – Translation Studies Days, part 1
One of the main agenda items of the two Translation Studies Days held in Brussels on 20 & 21 September 2012, was the presentation of five studies recently published by the Directorate-General Translation of the European Commission.
Quantifying the cost of poor quality in translation – sour cherries
The Directorate-General for Translation of the European Commission has made available a report written late last year, as part of the ‘Studies on translation and multilingualism’ series, on Quantifying Quality Costs and the Cost of Poor Quality in Translation. The document can be downloaded in PDF format here.
Items such as prevention of poor quality, evaluation, and clarification of original texts may be of interest to those of you procuring translation as well as to translators. Some case studies from ‘real life’ have been given. One interesting example relates to protective measures on the import of sour cherries which accidentally became “sweet cherries” in the initial German version.
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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