Below is a list of resources for legal translators that I have stumbled across in my travels and talked about somewhere on this blog (in most cases).
It includes glossaries, dictionaries and other resources in English, Spanish and Catalan.
The links in the far left column are to posts I’ve written about the resources. The links in the far right column go directly to the resources.
Name (link to blog post) | Domain | Type | Lang. | Description | External link |
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Termcat | Catalan | glossary | CAT | Online glossaries and other resources in Catalan. Read more. | Home page, Notary terms, EC terms |
Financial Times Lexicon | Finance | glossary | ENG | Online glossary of financial terms. UK English. Read more. | Glossary page |
Investopedia | Finance | glossary | ENG | Online glossary of financial terms. US English. Read more. | Glossary page |
Official translations of Spanish legislation | Legislation | legislation | ENG | The Spanish Ministry of Justice's translation of Spanish legislation. Read more. | Ministerio de Justicia |
Document on civil procedure in Spain | Civil procedure | text | ENG | Runs through civil procedure in Spain and describes and sometimes gives English translations for different Spanish legal terms and concepts. Read more. | Document in Google |
Definitions of Main Contract Clauses | Contracts | PPT, definitions | ENG | PPT with definitions of usual English contract clauses | Definitions of Main Contract Clauses |
Dahl's Law Dictionary | Legal dictionary | dictionary | ENG/SPA | A Spanish<>English legal dictionary with a unique approach. Read more. | Google books |
Easily confused legal English terms | Legal English | blog post | ENG | Definitions: Sign vs. execute, effective date vs. execution date, joint and several liability and serving a document / proof of service | Sign vs. execute + |
The judiciary of Spain's website in English | Courts | government website | ENG/SPA | The English website of the Judiciary of Spain in English. Read more. | Poder Judicial España |
Enforcing contracts in Spain | Contracts | text | ENG | Description of civil procedure in Spain. Read more. | International Finance Corporation. Enforcing contracts in Spain. |
Legal glossaries in English | Legal glossaries | links to glossaries | ENG | Links to 22 legal glossaries. | 22 Legal Glossaries. Inbox Translation. |
Spain's constititution of 1812 in English | Constitutional law | text | ENG | English version of Spain's constitution of 1812, la Pepa. Read more. | English version of Spain's constitution of 1812 |
The Spanish Judiciary | Courts | article | ENG | Article of the Spanish Judiciary. Read more. | Spanish Judiciary |
Louisiana Civil Law Dictionary | Civil law | dictionary | ENG | Dictionary of civil law terms used Louisiana. Read more. | Web page on the dictionary |
My thoughts on my legal dictionaries | Legal dictionaries | dictionaries | ENG, SPA | Rundown of my legal dictionaries and the use I get out of them. Read more. | |
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law | Blog on legal translation | blog | ENG | Blog with a lot of resources for legal translators and other interesting things on translation and the law. Read more. | Link to From Words to Deeds |
Differences between US and UK/EU contract law | Contract law | article | ENG | 5 key differences between US and UK/EU contract law | Key differences between US and UK/EU contract law |
Quick reference to categories of contract language | Contracts | article, reference sheet | ENG | Quick reference to categories of contract language featured in the article "A Cheat-Sheet for Categories of Contract Language?" by Ken Adams | A Cheat-Sheet for Categories of Contract Language? In PDF |
Oral Legal English in action in English-language high courts | Courts, legal English | multimedia | ENG | Blog post linking to various multimedia resources with proceedings from English-speaking high courts. | Oral Legal English in action in English-language high courts. The Englished Advocate. |
Wiki online Spanish English legal resources | Legal dictionaries | glossaries, dictionaries | SPA | List of online Spanish<>English legal dictionaries and glossaries. External link. | glosarios-juridicos-bilingues |
Book Review: The Civil Law Tradition | Civil law | book | ENG | 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 divide. | |
Misused English Words and Expressions in EU Publications | EU English | PDF list | ENG | List of English words and expressions commonly misused in EU publications published by the European Court of Auditors. | http://ec.europa.eu/translation/english/guidelines/documents/misused_english_terminology_eu_publications_en.pdf |
EU-Lex advanced term search | EU law | term search, corpus | EU languages | Advanced term search of EU legislation and case law. | EUR-Lex advanced term search |
EU style guide for translators | EU English | style guide | ENG | EU style guide for translators 2014 | |
Spanish insurance terminology glossary (in Spanish) | Insurance | glossary | SPA | Spanish insurance terminology glossary (in Spanish) | Diccionario de Cláusulas y Terminología de Seguros |
Plain English Campaign: The A to Z guide to legal phrases | Common law, plain English | glossary | ENG | Plain English glossary of English legal terms. | Plain English Campaign: The A to Z guide to legal phrases |
IFRS - 7 Languages General Purpose XBRL Taxonomy | Finance | glossaries | ENG, SPA, POR, GER, FRE, ITA, DUT | IFRS terminology in 7 languages. | The XBRL Taxonomy for International Financial Reporting Standards |
Content and form: Two books on the law for legal translators | Legal translation | books | ENG, SPA | Two books that might be for ES>EN legal translators: "Glanville Williams: Learning the Law" and "Spanish Law and Legal System". Read more. | |
A handbook for authors and translators in the European Commission | General | style guide | ENG | A handbook for authors and translators in the European Commission | English Style Guide |
Imputado, testigo, acusado, condendado, indultado, | criminal law | Web page | SPA | Web page with definitions of Imputado, testigo, acusado, condendado and indultado, | Imputado, testigo, acusado, condendado, indultado |
Glossary of legal (and related) terms and courthouse signs English/Spanish | Courts | glossary | ENG, SPA | Glossary in PDF | |
A more thorough rundown of civil procedure in Spain. | Civil procedure | text | ENG | Describes civil procedure in Spain. Read more.a href= | Web page. PDF |
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