legal translation – Page 2 – Rob Lunn Legal Trans

Things I learnt from a journo about translating culture-specific terms: (1) Description trumps linguistic solutions

The final talk at the METM14 conference held recently in Madrid was an interesting and entertaining one by journalist Martin Roberts. Martin had a...

Example of a safe-bet translation

Someone recently emailed me asking for an example of a safe-bet translation, which I wrote about in this post. Safe bets are basically sitting-on-the-fence...

La casta política and where it came from

Here’s an interesting term that’s become popular in Spain: la casta as in la casta política. Literally, it’s the “political caste”, or the old...

Aforamiento: making us unequal before the law and wreaking havoc in bilingual dictionaries

When the King of Spain Juan Carlos de Borbón decided to call it a day and abdicate, he put everyone into a frenzy, the...

The confusing and mysterious world of being an imputado

What is an imputado? So many politicians in Spain are imputados that a recently arrived Martian might assume you have to be an imputado...

Do you section articles or break sections into articles?

Should you translate artículo literally as “article” or should you use the English functional equivalent “section” when translating references to Spanish legislation into English? You...

Truce on bilingual dictionaries

It is often forgotten that dictionaries are artificial repositories, put together well after the languages they define. The roots of language are irrational and...

Plain English ATO style and the cut and shuffle of legal translations

Meandering about the Web the other day, I stumbled across this pearl of surrealness from the Australian Tax Office (ATO): For the purposes of...

Legal translators have more fun — Part 1: Unique legal systems

A lot of fuss is often made about how difficult legal translation is. But, while it is challenging, it’s also interesting and rewarding. This...

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...

The expat approach to translation: When not to translate a word

An expat chat When you listen to expats talking together about their new country of residence, sometimes you hear strange words pop up. This...

This week: Guest post on “From Words to Deeds”

A new and improved version of one of my first posts, Official translations of Spanish legislation and translating in a vacuum, has been published here...

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...

The shrouded origins of the Louisiana Civil Code

In 1806, Moreau Lislet and James Brown were given the job of drafting Louisiana’s first civil code, which was to be a codification of...

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...

Changed the way you translate me: What I got out of my MA

Last week I was in London for my 8th and last module of the MA in legal translation that I’m doing at City University....

Don’t throw your skopos out with the neologisms

To cut an academic story short… Legal translation was once very literal. It had a highly linguistic focus, and legal translators were shy to...

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...

Sworn translation, rubber stamps and funny hospital reports

I need a sworn translation My first experience with sworn translation happened over 15 years ago. I needed a hospital report to be translated...

Shall I or shall I not apply the ABC rule in my legal translations?

I recently stumbled across this interesting blog post that talks about, among other things, how shall is used in Australian contracts. According to something called...

Dahl’s Law Dictionary — a legal dictionary with a unique approach

I could have called this post “the review that made me buy a legal dictionary” because that’s exactly what the following words made me...

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...

Spain’s housing repossession nightmare and dación en pago — Part 2

(…continued from Spain’s housing repossession nightmare and dación en pago — Part 1.) Landmark case In November 2010, a judge in Navarre found “that...

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