A heavy-duty resource for legal translators: A thematic lexicon by Rebecca Jowers
Anyone who’s looked up legal terms on ProZ term search in the Spanish-to-English combination will probably be familiar with Rebecca Jowers. You’re likely to...
Lexacom Skype course
A few weeks back, I did one of David Hutchins’s courses for legal translators. David is a solicitor who gives law courses of all...
A world at your fingertips that you never touch!
The other day I was thinking I should update my resources page. But then I realised there was a reason why I haven’t done...
Resources for translating contracts (4): Basic Legal Drafting
Basic Legal Drafting by Anne Rutledge covers three areas of legal drafting: litigation documents, contracts and legislative documents. I went straight for what interests...
Resources for translating contracts (3): Essential Contract Drafting Skills
Here’s another useful resource for translating contracts: Essential Contract Drafting Skills — a Practical Guide by Tiffany Kemp It’s a short book (doesn’t have...
The term research process, it’s about the process; not the type of dictionary
What do you do when you come across a term you don’t know the translation for in a document you’re translating? In my case,...
Resources for translating contracts (2): the mother-of-all contract drafting books: MSCD
“Mother-of-all” might be an overstatement, as I’m sure there are other thick books out there on how to draft contracts in English, but this...
New page with blog links
I just added this links page with blogs on legal translation and the law. More will be added as I remember them. 🙂
Resources for translating contracts (1): La traducción de los contratos
Here’s an excellent resource (in Spanish) on translating contracts from Spanish to English and vice versa: La traducción de los contratos (inglés – castellano...
Book Review: The Civil Law Tradition
The Civil Law Tradition by John Henry Merryman and Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo is excellent background reading for translators in any language combination crossing the civil–common law...
English <> Spanish legal glossary with a nice disclaimer
I just came across this glossary on Twitter: Glossary of legal (and related) terms and courthouse signs English/Spanish I have no idea of how...
Content and form: Two books on the law for legal translators
Target system: Form? Glanville Williams: Learning the Law is a useful book for legal translators. Although it’s written mainly for people considering legal careers...
My thoughts on my legal dictionaries
Here’s a quick rundown of my legal dictionaries and the use I get out of them: Bilingual Spanish-English legal dictionaries Spanish-English Dictionary of Law and...
Enforcing contracts: English resource on civil procedure in Spain
Here’s quite a useful resource on civil procedure in Spain from the International Finance Corporation that has a nice explanation in English of what...
Beware of your dictionary, especially if it’s a legal one
According to this article by De Groot and Van Laer, most of the legal dictionaries that you’re likely to pick up may not be...
A blog brimming with resources for legal translators
Here’s a blog on legal translation that’s worth following: From Words to Deeds: translation & the law. It’s updated regularly, and there are a lot...
A civil law dictionary and my dissertation topic
I just bought a new dictionary: Louisiana Civil Law Dictionary by Gregory W. Rome and Stephan Kinsella. So, what would a Spanish to UK-English...
Spain’s first constitution turns 200 hundred today
Today marks the bicentenary of the enacting of Spain’s first, and the world’s third fourth, modern constitution, known as la Pepa because it was passed...
The Judiciary of Spain’s website in English
Well, some of it’s in English anyway: Poder Judicial España — Justice at your service And here’s a useful article written by a Spanish...
Resources on civil proceedings in Spain vs. England & juicio oral vs. juicio verbal
Civil cases in Spain The other day I stumbled across a good resource for legal translators here. It explains civil procedure in Spain and...
Official translations of Spanish legislation and translating in a vacuum
As reported here, the Spanish Ministry of Justice has made English and French translations of some Spanish legislation available on this page. While this...
Resources — Financial terminology
Two good online glossaries of financial terms in English: Financial Times Lexicon Investopedia Investopedia comes up quite a lot when your searching for definitions...
Termcat
Legal terminology in Catalan Termcat’s website provides a range of monolingual resources in Catalan. Of particular interest to legal translators are the EC, financial...
