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...
Hardline election promises and translating “delito” and “falta”
This week, Duran i Lleida, CiU’s candidate for the Spanish general election to be held this month, announced that one of his party’s election...
MET Meeting 2011 in Barcelona
This week I’ll be attending the Mediterranean Editors and Translators Meeting 2011 (METM11), which is being held in Barcelona from Thursday to Saturday (20/10-22/10)....
LegalSpainTerm is born!
I have just published the rationale behind LegalSpainTerm, which is basically just a collection of descriptions and definitions of Spanish legal terms with possible...
A plain Spanish campaign in Woolf’s clothing?
A Spanish government committee recently made a series of recommendations to legal bodies and practitioners—including the Spanish Bar Association, the Public Prosecutor’s Office and...
Em dashes and clarity in legal translation
Should we use the em dash in legal translation? Great for making complicated sentences less so, em dashes are described here as the “strongman...
