Several job openings in the fields of translation and interpreting are currently being posted by the United Nations Careers service.
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Monday smile – Translating academic-speak into business-ese
Strictly speaking, today’s Monday smile is deadly serious. I just find rather whimsical the idea of it being necessary to “translate” in order to enable these two worlds to communicate.* However, as many of us know, business and academia do speak different languages.
A research project being carried out in Paris has recently been reported in the press. Students from the linguistic engineering department at the University of Paris 13 have developed, using corpus techniques, a search engine to bring together the corporate world and universities.
Job opportunity – French translator, International Maritime Organization
The International Maritime Organization is offering a two-year appointment (first year probationary) with the possibility of further extension subject to performance, for a Translator from English and Spanish into French.
The deadline for applications is 2 May 2014.
Call for trainee translators & interpreters – Model United Nations
The Geneva International Model United Nations (GIMUN) 2014 Annual Conference (22-28 march 2014) is recruiting!
GIMUN is a fully student-run Non Governmental Organisation in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Its goal is to promote the ideals and principles of the United Nations among the youth – university students in particular. It seeks to provide young adults with a multilateral platform to discuss various global issues that are handled by the UN. The core event is the Annual MUN Conference, but other activities are organized throughout the year.
Free seminars on translation & interpreting, London, UK
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…
Job opening – International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
The United Nations in The Hague is seeking a Translator/Revisor (French) at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
CJEU rules on ‘IP translator’ as a UK trade mark
An interesting landmark case today…
On 16 October 2009, the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) applied to register the designation ‘IP TRANSLATOR’ as a UK trade mark. To identify the services covered by that registration the CIPA used the heading of Class 41 of the Nice Classification which includes translation but is called ‘Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities’.
The UK Intellectual Property Office refused the application, stating that the class description included ‘translation services’. The proposed trade mark would thus have lacked distinctive character and been descriptive in nature, too similar to the class description itself.
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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