VALTER is a multilingual termbank containing glossaries compiled by the Finnish Prime Minister’s Office and other Government agencies. Languages include, depending on the glossary, Finnish, Swedish, English, Russian, French, German, Sami, Estonian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish…
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Book publication – Handbook of Terminology
The Handbook of Terminology has recently been published by John Benjamins. It is the first volume in a series of five, and is available as a print edition, a PDF e-book, and an online version.
Book review – Dictionary of financial markets
There are some books on the shelf that you consult regularly, and some that just sit there. The Dictionnaire des marchés financiers is one of the former. It lists financial terms in French, English, Dutch, Spanish and Italian.
Glossary of bond terms (EN/FR/IT/DE/ES)
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) makes available online a Glossary of Bond Terms in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish.
AFME was formed in November 2009 through the merger of the London Investment Banking Association (LIBA) and the European arm of the Securities Industries and Financial Markets Association.
Puppet Masters
I came across a great resource packed with information about corporate and financial structures – The Puppet Masters – a report published by the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR), which is a partnership formed by the World Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to help end safe havens for proceeds of corruption and to facilitate more systematic and timely return of stolen assets.
Webinar – Family law, divorce and children
Following last week’s post about their webinar on Wills and probate, I have been informed that eCPD Webinars are holding another session, this time at 11.30 GMT on May 6th, 2014 on Understanding English Law: Family Law, Divorce and Children.
Swiss financial markets legislation
Following on from last Friday’s post on the federal authorities’ translations of legislation, today I thought you might like to know about the translations of laws and ordinances made available by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).
Glossary of watchmaking
From time to time one comes into contact with the highly technical world of watches. The Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva, Switzerland, makes available what seems to be an authoritative and detailed glossary of watchmaking terms.
Conference – Economic, Business, Financial and Institutional Translation, Alicante, Spain
A reminder that The University of Alicante in Spain is holding an International Conference of Economic, Business, Financial and Institutional Translation from 29 to 31 May 2014 (I published details of the call for papers here).
e-learning – Legal terms in the oil & gas industry
Tradulínguas, based in Lisbon, Portugal, and organizers since 2005 of online training and webinars, as well as in-person translation workshops and conferences, are offering an e-learning course on legal terminology in the oil & gas industry, in the language pair English/Portuguese.
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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