Translating Law / / Deborah Cao.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Cao, Deborah,
• MitwirkendeR: Michael Kirby, Justice,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Topics in Translation
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781853599552; 9783111024738; 9783110663136; 9783110606713
• DOI: 10.21832/9781853599552
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Deborah Cao.

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.