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Eleventh Conference on Legal Translation, Court Interpreting and Comparative Legilinguistics (Legal Linguistics)

By on December 28, 2015 in Conferences, Legal linguistics, Legal terminology, Legal Translation

 

Eleventh Conference on Legal Translation, Court Interpreting and Comparative Legilinguistics (Legal Linguistics) / The 17th International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law

 

The Institute of Linguistics at Adam Mickiewicz University will hold an international conference devoted to language and the law. The aim is to provide a forum for discussion in those scientific fields where linguistic and legal interests converge, and to facilitate integration between linguists, computer scientists and lawyers from all around the world. The conference will be held over 3 days, from 24th to 26th June (Friday-Sunday) 2016 in Poznan, Poland. Papers are invited on the following topics:

 FORENSIC LINGUISTICS IN GENERAL

  1. (comparative) forensic linguistics
  2. forensic phonetics
  • forensic authorship attribution
  1. forensic stylistic
  2. linguists as expert witnesses
  3. linguistic features of forgeries and counterfeits of public documents

LEGAL TRANSLATION AND COURT INTERPRETING

  1. legal translation;
  2. court interpreting;
  • teaching legal translation and court interpreting
  1. certified translators and interpreters in legal proceedings
  2. mistranslation and misinterpreting in legal context

LEGAL LANGUAGES AND LEGAL DISCOURSE

  1. legal linguistics
  2. history of legal language
  • legal terminology
  1. legal genres
  2. EU legal language
  3. analysis of legal discourse
  • structure and semantics of statutes and other legal instruments;
  • development of legal languages
  1. legal and linguistic interpretation of texts formulated in legal language
  2. teaching legal language
  3. speech style in the courtroom
  • comprehensibility of legal instruments
  • Plain Language Campaigns
  • linguistic aspects of cross-examination
  1. technicality in legal language

HISTORY OF LAW AND LEGAL SYSTEMS

  1. history of legal systems
  2. comparative study of legal systems
  • common law versus civil law countries

LAWS ON LANGUAGES

  1. language rights
  2. linguistic minorities and linguistic human rights
  • language and disadvantage before the law

 

 

Source: http://www.lingualegis.amu.edu.pl/?main_data=legi2016&lang=en

Sixth International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse

By on December 7, 2015 in Conferences, Legal linguistics, Legal terminology, Legal Translation

Sixth International Conference on Law, Language and Discourse

Haifa, Israel, 1-4 August 2016

 

Theme: The development of legal language and its interpretation; linguistic and pragmatic aspects of the evolution of the synchronic understanding

 

The conference addresses issues that concern the current development of theory and method in all the intersections of language with different aspects of law and legal discourse from various legal traditions, languages, and nations.

The topics include, but are not limited to:

Legal language and discourse:
– Intercultural differences in the features that make legal language a sublanguage
– Courtroom language and interpretation
– Plain language movements

Interpretation in religious and historic systems of law: 
– Jewish Rabbinic courts and the Halachah
– Jewish Halachah and the Bible
– Roman ecclesiastical courts and Catholic Canon law
– Sharia courts and the Quran and Sunnah
– Law, precedent, and application in historic legal systems

Language as evidence:
– Authorship attribution problem
– Copyright issues
– Forensic phonetics

 

 

More information on: http://lld6.haifa.ac.il/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1797&Itemid=239&lang=en

 

Experts talk about legal translation (11)

By on December 4, 2015 in Legal linguistics, Legal Translation, Legal Translation Quotes

“It is generally accepted in the general public that the legal language spoken in court and written in legal documents is hard or even impossible to understand. Studies show that there are indeed some differences between ordinary and legal language (in particular, in vocabulary and the standards of drafting). However, legal language must appear incoherent to the general public for another reason – in addition to the words used, and their grammatical structure. Legal language must appear incoherent not just because of what is said in this language but also because of what goes in it without saying: the professional legal knowledge presumed, as a rule, in legal texts. This knowledge is presented explicitly only rarely but typical legal texts can be thoroughly understood only if it is regarded as implicit in them.”

 

Professor Le Cheng (Zhejiang University)

Legal Translation: Continuities or discontinuities in Greek legal language

By on March 24, 2015 in Greek language, Greek legal language and terminology, Legal linguistics, Legal Translation

Continuities or discontinuities in Greek legal language 1974-2014

In the field of Greek-English legal translation, the legal translator often has to deal with older, purist Greek texts. In legal translation, the translator must be keenly aware of the shift from purist to demotic Greek.Continue Reading..

TransLaw 2016: International academic conference: Translation and Interpreting as a Means of Guaranteeing Equality under Law

By on March 20, 2015 in Conferences, Court Interpreting, Legal linguistics, Legal terminology, Legal Translation

Α conference on legal translation, the teaching of legal translation, and legal interpreting and how this can guarantee equality under the law has recently been announced. The conference will take place in Tampere, Finland in May 2016. See the initial announcement about the conference below.Continue Reading..

LEGAL TRANSLATION: BANISHING THE VERB SHALL

By 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’.

 

Click to access Banishing-Shall-from-Business-Contracts-ACLA.pdf

LEGAL TRANSLATION: THE SPECIAL ROLE OF SHALL

By on March 17, 2015 in Legal linguistics, Legal terminology, Legal Translation

In legal translations, the legal translator needs to be able to correctly employ deontic modality because the verb ‘shall’ and other modal verbs are frequently found in legal documents in English. This short paper examines some more aspects of the verb ‘shall’.

 

https://www.academia.edu/1630620/The_Special_Use_of_Shall_in_Legal_Texts

LEGAL TRANSLATION: DEONTIC MODALITY

By 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..

Legal Translation: The Importance of Passive Voice

By on March 15, 2015 in Legal linguistics

An interesting article praising the role of the passive voice, which can often be useful in legal writing and in legal translation.

Click to access using-passive-voice.authcheckdam.pdf

The nature of legal discourse: legal language, legal terminology, legal translation

By on February 2, 2015 in Conferences, Legal linguistics, Legal terminology, Legal Translation

To mark the publication of the book Legal Language, Legal Terminology: Theory and Practice (Νομική Γλώσσα, Νομική Ορολογία: Θεωρία και Πράξη), Nomiki Vivliothiki Press is holding a seminar on ‘The Nature of legal discourse: legal language, legal terminology, legal translation’. The speakers include the authors of the book (P. Krimbas and K. Valeontis) as well a Hellenic Supreme Court judge who has written his own book on Greek legal language and a well-respected law professor.

Monday 16 February, 18:00 hours at 23 Mavromichali St. (Nomiki Vivliothiki)

The presentation / seminar is in Greek.

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