β Scribed by Frances Olsen, Alexander Lorz, Dieter Stein (eds.)
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Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction: Forensic Translation β Practical Issues and their Theoretical Underpinnings....Pages 1-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Legal Cultures β Legal Languages....Pages 7-17
Language as a Barrier to Comparative Law....Pages 18-34
Statutory Interpretation in the EU: the Augustinian Approach....Pages 35-54
Globalizing Trends in Legal Discourse....Pages 55-75
The Status and Position of Legal Translation: a Chapter in the Discursive Construction of Societies....Pages 76-95
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Translation at the Court of Justice of the European Communities....Pages 99-115
Drafting or Translation β Production of Multilingual Legal Texts....Pages 116-135
Legal Translation in Canada: the Genius of Legal Language(s)....Pages 136-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Pitfalls of English as a Contract Language....Pages 147-181
Isomorphism and Anisomorphism in the Translation of Legal Texts....Pages 182-192
Translation as a Dynamic Model in the Development of the Burundi Constitution(s)....Pages 193-212
Back Matter....Pages 213-239
Criminology & Criminal Justice; Linguistics, general; Translation; Language and Literature; Translation Studies; Sociolinguistics
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