Translation Solutions for Legal Documents

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Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Legal translation today - between law, language, and technologies

1.1 Practical aspects of legal translation

1.2 Legal systems and translation

1.3 Translation strategies and techniques

1.4 Modern technologies in translation

Part 1 Translating legislation

2 General information about legislation and its translation

2.1 The purpose of legislation and its translation

2.2 Structure, classification, and hierarchy of legislative texts

2.3 A translator of legislation

2.4 When legislative acts need to be translated

3 Translating EU legislative acts

3.1 Types and general characteristics of EU legislative acts

3.2 Machine translation in EU institutions

3.3 Challenges of translating titles, subject matter, scope, and definitions of EU legislative acts

3.4 Exercises

4 Translating UK legislation

4.1 Primary and secondary legislation in UK law

4.2 Structure and linguistic characteristics of Acts of Parliament of the UK, Scotland, and Northern Ireland

4.3 Translating different structural parts of UK legislative acts

4.4 Grammatical issues of translating UK legislation: infinitive phrases and clauses

4.5 Exercises

5 Translating US legislation

5.1 The hierarchy of US legislative acts

5.2 Translating the Constitution

5.3 Grammatical challenges of translating passive voice structures

5.4 Exercises

Part 2 Translating contracts

6 General information about contracts and their translation

6.1 The nature of contracts

6.2 The goals of signing contracts

6.3 Contracts in common and civil law jurisdictions

6.4 Structural elements of the contract

6.5 Language of contracts and translation problems

6.6 When contracts need to be translated

7 Translating contracts for an unlimited number of users

7.1 Types of contracts for an unlimited number of users

7.2 The functions of a website's "Terms of Use"

7.3 Common provisions included in the "Terms of Use"

7.4 Translation of contracts with an indefinite number of users

7.5 Language categories. Language of obligation, permission, and prohibition

7.6 Limitation of liability and disclaimer clauses

7.7 Exercises

8 Translating service provision contracts

8.1 Functions and goals of the service contract

8.2 Common clauses and structures of service provision contracts

8.3 Challenges of translating service provision contracts. Titles

8.4 An introductory clause and its translation








Language of performance as a translation problem



8.6 Exercises

9 Translating building construction contracts

9.1 Specific features of a building construction contract

9.2 Common provisions and structure of a building construction contract

9.3 Archaic words and phrases in legal English as a translation problem

9.4 Noun premodification as a specific feature of the English language and methods of its translation

9.5 Exercises

Part 3 Translating court judgments and opinions

10 General information about courts and court documents

10.1 Functions of courts and court documents

10.2 Court documents in different law systems

10.3 Definitions of "judgment"

10.4 When court judgments and opinions need to be translated

11 Translating judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

11.1 The history, jurisdiction, and structure of the European Court of Human Rights

11.2 Structural parts of ECtHR judgments and their translation

11.3 Translation of the circumstances of the case as a narrative

11.4 Relevant legal framework and practice and the "Law" section

11.5 Grammatical challenges of translating ECtHR judgments: tense forms of the verbs in different sections of the judgment

11.6 Exercises

12 Translating UK court judgments

12.1 UK judicial system, structure, and hierarchy

12.2 Participants in the proceedings

12.3 Pre-translation analysis of the judgment

12.4 Structural elements of UK judgments and their translation

12.5 Exercises

13 Translating US Supreme Court opinions

13.1 The judicial system of the United States

13.2 Judicial opinion as a post-trial document: definition and types

13.3 Common structural elements of the US judicial opinions and how to understand them to translate properly

13.4 References and citations: how to understand abbreviations and translate them correctly

13.5 Participants in the US Supreme Court

13.6 Grammatical challenges of translating gerunds and gerundial structures

13.7 Exercises

Glossary

Grammatical topics

Index