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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784010003321

Autore

Cao Deborah <1962->

Titolo

Translating law [[electronic resource] /] / Deborah Cao

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon, : Multilingual Matters, 2007

ISBN

1-280-82860-9

9786610828609

1-85359-955-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Topics in translation ; ; 33

Disciplina

340

Soggetti

Law - Interpretation and construction

Law - Language

Law - Translating

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Law, Language and Translation -- 3. The Legal Translator -- 4. Legal Terminological Issues in Translation -- 5. Translating Private Legal Documents -- 6. Translating Domestic Legislation -- 7. Translating International Legal Instruments -- List of Cases -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The translation of law has played an integral part in the interaction among nations in history and is playing a greater role in our increasingly interconnected world today. The book investigates legal translation in its many facets as an intellectual pursuit and a profession. It examines legal translation from an interdisciplinary perspective, covering theoretical and practical grounds and linguistic as well as legal issues. It analyses legal translation competence and various types of legal texts including contracts, statutes and multilateral legal instruments, presents a comparative analysis of the Common Law and the Civil Law and examines the case law from Canada, Hong Kong and the European Court of Justice. It attempts to demonstrate that translating law is a complex act that can enrich law, culture and human experience as a whole.