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30May2013

Urban Dictionary in the courtroom

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800px-Dictionary_discard2I’d like to share with you a very interesting article from the New York Times which describes how courts in the United States are increasingly turning to the website Urban Dictionary when terms at issue can’t be found in more traditional dictionaries.

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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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