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GOOD PRACTICE IN THE FIELD OF LEGAL TRANSLATION?

By John O 'Shea on October 9, 2015 in Court Interpreting, Dictionaries, English legal language and terminology, Legal dictionaries, Legal terminology, Legal Translation

As mentioned in a recent post, glossaries can be useful aids in legal translation and in legal interpretation. As the number of migrants/refugees entering Greece and other European countries increases, could initiatives similar to the Canadian multilingual glossary outlined below provide a replicable model for improving the quality of legal translation and court interpreting?Continue Reading..

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Transius Conference on legal translation (2)

By John O 'Shea on October 7, 2015 in Conferences, English legal language and terminology, Legal terminology, Legal Translation

Back in June 2015 I attended the Transius Conference on legal and institutional translation hosted by the University of Geneva.

Over the coming weeks, I’ll be summarising some of the main points made by speakers based on notes taken at the conference. The idea is to convey a rough flavour of the main ideas presented at the conference. This is the second blogpost in the series…Continue Reading..

Legal Translation: “Legal language” by Peter M. Tiersma

By John O 'Shea on March 22, 2015 in English legal language and terminology, Legal Translation

Peter M. Tiersma’s seminal book ‘Legal Language’ discusses the historical development of legal English as a special “sublanguage”, and analyses many of the key features of legal language which can be of use to anyone involved in legal translation.

LEGAL TRANSLATION: BANISHING THE VERB SHALL

By John O 'Shea on March 18, 2015 in English legal language and terminology, Legal linguistics, Legal Translation

As we’ve said this week already, the verb ‘shall’ is often used in English legal documents and legal translators working into English need to be able to use the verb correctly. Many people have suggested getting rid of it altogether. This article examines the continuing need for ‘shall’.

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LEGAL TRANSLATION: DEONTIC MODALITY

By John O 'Shea on March 16, 2015 in English legal language and terminology, Greek legal language and terminology, Legal linguistics, Legal Translation

The verb ‘shall’ and other modal verbs are frequently found in legal documents in English. In legal translations, the legal translator needs to be able to correctly employ deontic modality. Read this interesting paper on the functions of modal verbs in European and British Legal Documents.Continue Reading..

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Greek legal translation and Ottoman land law

By John O 'Shea on March 10, 2015 in English legal language and terminology, Greek language, Greek legal language and terminology, Legal terminology, Legal Translation

In yesterday’s post, the article referred to set out some thoughts about the nature of legal translation in the Greek-English combination and some of the difficulties translators face. One of the issues raised was that other languages have often influenced English legal language.

The same is true of Greek legal language to a certain extent.

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LEGAL TERMINOLOGY AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS

By John O 'Shea on March 4, 2015 in English legal language and terminology, Greek legal language and terminology, Legal terminology, Legal Translation

LEGAL TERMINOLOGY AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS by Maria Botti

Legal terms, most of the time, do not represent objects with a physical aspect, but legal concepts which lawyers in different times and places have named differently. Should legal terminology be influenced by time and place? Which is the ‘correct’ choice of the word, when we translate from Greek into Anglo-Saxon legal language? When is it not unethical to approach the target-language more and leave our own behind? The answer does not only depend upon the most important person of the reader, but also on the approach we take concerning how our own system is presented.

Click here for the full article in Greek: http://www.eleto.gr/download/Conferences/4th%20Conference/4th_24-02-KanellopoulouBotti.pdf

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English legal terminology: Practice on selected legal texts

By John O 'Shea on February 26, 2015 in Book Review, English legal language and terminology, Greek legal language and terminology, Legal terminology, Legal Translation

English legal terminology: Practice on selected legal texts, edited by C. Stamelos is available in Greek from Nomiki Vivliothiki Press.Continue Reading..

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