Translation and the law (John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1995)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Section 1 - Translation and the language of the law - Indeterminacy, translation and the law - John E. Joseph - Understood by all concerned? : Anglo/Aboriginal legal translation - Michael Cooke -- - Section 2 - Responding to change and to difference - Riding the waves of fortune : translating legislation of the successor Soviet Republics - Cornelia E. Brown - Where the devil meets his grandmother : Iceland and European community legislation - Keneva Kunz - Legal interpreting on trial - Timothy Dunnigan and Bruce T. Downing
Language in evidence : the pragmatics of translation and the judicial process - Mary Bucholtz - The use of translators and interpreters in cases requiring forensic speaker identification - Kate Storey - Translating Japanese legal documents into English - Vicki L. Beyer and Keld Conradsen - Culture clash : Anglo-American case law and German civil law in translation - Sylvia A. Smith -- - Section 3 - Professional issues, professional practice - On the horns of a dilemma : accuracy vs. brevity in the use of legal terms by court interpreters - Holly Mikkelson
Textual density and the judiciary interpreter's performance - Janis Palma - A new wind of quality from Europe : implications of the court case cited by Holz-Mänttäri for the U.S. translation industry - Matt Hammond - The legal translator as information broker - Gerhard Obenaus -- - Section 4 - Persons, laws and the presence of the translator - Pragmatism, precept and passions : the attitudes of English-language legal systems to non-English speakers - Ruth Morris