Training for legal translators. Part IIIc. How to get better.
This is Part IIIc of a series on training for legal translators. See the first post here. This post looks at looks at how to get better...
Training for legal translators. Part IIIb. How to get better.
This is Part IIIb of a series on training for legal translators. See the first post here. This post looks at looks at how to get better...
Training for legal translators. Part IIIa. How to get better.
This is Part IIIa of a series on training for legal translators. See the first post here. This post looks at looks at how to get better...
Training for legal translators. Part II. Where to start.
This second part in a series on training for legal translators looks at what you need to study first. See the first post here....
Training for legal translators. Part I. Introduction.
What should you study to become a legal translator? And when you are one, what should you do to become a better one? I...
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...
Resources for translating contracts (5): Legal Writing in Plain English
Bryan Garner’s Legal Writing in Plain English has some excellent tips for legal writing and writing general. It’s not about any one type of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
