Category: Legal Translation

I recently read this post on legalwritingeditor.com concerning the need for short and plain statements of claim when filing actions in the US context.

In the Greek context, Article 216(1) of the Hellenic Code of Civil Procedure contains a similar requirement, since in addition to the information required by Articles 118 or 117 of that same Code, it must also contain (a) a clear statement of the facts supporting the action in law and entitling the plaintiff to file it against the defendant, (b) an accurate description of the dispute, and (c) a specific request.

How  many legal translators can point to texts they seen for legal translation that don’t meet these requirements?Continue Reading..

This is the first of a series of posts examining different aspects of the Hellenic Civil Code to help translators working in Greek to English legal translation better understand specific provisions of the Code.

The article is by Anastasia Miliou and appeared on curia.gr. It examines a recent court judgment in which a donation was revoked due to the donee being ungrateful to the donor, and explains the conditions under which a donation can be reversed.Continue Reading..

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

curia.gr is an online portal with useful information about the Greek legal system featuring recent legislative changes, recent case-law, articles about legal issues and interviews with lawyers discussing aspects of Greek law.

One post written by a trainee lawyer highlights the importance of English in the day-to-day life of Greek lawyers Continue Reading..

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

The Institute of Linguistics at Adam Mickiewicz University will hold an international conference devoted to language and the law. Our 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 19th to 21st of June (Friday-Sunday) 2015 in Poznan, Poland.Continue Reading..

The 10th Conference “Hellenic Language and Terminology” will be held from 12 to 14 November 2015. One of the main themes at this year’s conference is Terminology and Law. Read on for more information about the conference.

Continue Reading..

I recently had the chance to meet with Hellenic Supreme Court Judge, Argyris Stavrakis at a conference in Athens. Stavrakis is the author of “Modern Greek Legal Language and Terminology” (Νεοελληνική Νομική Γλώσσα και Ορολογία) currently in its third edition and available from P. N. Sakkoulas Press in Greek.

Stavrakis himself has said that he was inspired to write the book “because of the poor use of modern Greek in quite a few legal texts,” something that professional GR/EN legal translators will be quite familiar with.  Continue Reading..

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.

prosklhsh

The Riga Graduate School of Law is offering a LL.M in Legal Linguistics. The degree is full-time, based in Riga and taught in English…Continue Reading..

Legal dictionaries are a big part of what legal translators do. Legal dictionaries have usually been problematic in various ways. Perhaps technology holds the key for better legal dictionaries in the future:

Continue Reading..


Contact


If you would like further information about the specialised services we provide, or need a quote for a translation please feel free to contact us.

Name
Email
Message

Thank you for your message! We will get back to you as soon as possible.
There has been an eror in the form. Please validate the required fields.
© Copyright 2014 JurTrans