Today, the blog is participating in European Multilingual Blogging Day 2013, which highlights the multilingual dimension of the web. The idea is to feature languages that are not usually used on a blog – in our case today, German.
So I have the twofold pleasure of joining in with the above initiative, and introducing you to Karen Rückert, who specializes in legal translations from German into English for commercial law lawyers.
The University of Alicante in Spain has issued a call for proposals for an International Conference of Economic, Business, Financial and Institutional Translation to be held from 29 to 31 May 2014. The deadline for submissions has been extended to October 27 (so hurry up!).
A recent European Commission press release gives clear and informative answers to some frequently asked questions on languages in Europe.
As part of the Language Show Live, to be held at Olympia, London, UK, from 18-20 October 2013, there are a number of free seminars that might be of interest to you.
There will of course be a number of exhibitors to visit too, including professional bodies, translation companies, publishers, the European Commission, educational institutions…
The Ionian University, in the Greek island of Corfu is to host the first simulation of UNESCO organized in Greece, SimUnesCO Corfu. The conference will be held from August 21-24.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, USA, is offering three certificates:
The company eCPD webinars is offering an online course on the German legal system, German law and legal translation from and into German.
This guest post is by Caitilin Walsh, a French/German to English translator and President-Elect of the American Translators Association (ATA). The post describes how a legal firm saved on discovery costs by partnering with a translation company.
Saturday 9th November, University of Portsmouth, UK
The translation of crime fiction is all around us, from the current wave of Scandinavian and European crime novels, film and television to recent screen adaptations of classic crime fiction such as Sherlock Holmes.
However it’s not only in fiction that translation meets crime. The police and the courts rely heavily on public service interpreters and translators. Translation itself is criminalised in various ways, e.g. in relation to copyright infringement, legal proceedings against translators of ‘problematic’ texts and various forms of piracy.
Today is International Mother Language Day, proclaimed by UNESCO to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. I was made aware of this by the United Nations Online Volunteering program (UNV), that I have posted about before.
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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