Translation Policies in Legal and Institutional Settings

Translating ‘grey literature’ and the role of institutional and legal translators

This edited volume documents the state of the art in research on translation policies in legal and institutional settings. Offering case studies of past and present translation policies from several parts of the world, it allows for a compelling comparison of attitudes towards translation in varying contexts.

The book highlights the virtues of integrating different types of expertise in the study of translation policy: theoretical and applied; historical and modern; legal, institutional and political. It effectively illustrates how a multidisciplinary perspective furthers our understanding of translation policies and unveils their intrinsic link with topics such as multilingualism, linguistic justice, minority rights, and citizenship. In this way, each contribution sheds new light on the role of translation in the everyday interaction between governments and multilingual populations.

Contributors: Jonathan Bernaerts (KU Leuven), Albert Branchadell (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Paolo Canavese (University of Geneva), Flavia De Camillis (University of Bologna), Chantal Gagnon (University of Montreal), Shuang Li (KU Leuven), Willem Possemiers (KU Leuven), Marketa Štefková (Comenius University Bratislava), Helena Tužinská (Comenius University Bratislava), Sebastiaan Vandenbogaerde (Ghent University), Katarzyna Wasilewska (University of Warsaw)

Ebook available in Open Access.
This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

"Translation Policies in Legal and Institutional Settings" was edited by Marie Bourguignon, Bieke Nouws and Heleen van Gerwen.

Marie Bourguignon holds a master's degree in law from UCLouvain and is a PhD candidate in law at KU Leuven.

Bieke Nouws holds a master's degree in history from the University of Antwerp and a PhD in translation studies from KU Leuven.

Heleen van Gerwen holds a master's degree in Western literature and a PhD in translation studies from KU Leuven.

Yes, "Translation Policies in Legal and Institutional Settings" is part of the "Translation, Interpreting and Mediation" series.

Translation, Interpreting and Mediation

Mission statement

Championing a broad and transversal approach to the study of translational phenomena, Translation, Interpreting and Mediation (TIME)  is a book series for monographs and edited volumes that explore translation as a pervasive social practice connecting spaces and collectivities through complex forms of resemiotization and mediation. The series transcends traditional notions of translation as the decoding and recoding of semantic invariants and embraces an expansive understanding of translational agency. It aims to provide a venue for theoretical and methodological innovations at the disciplinary frontiers where translation is pervasive and essential but seldom fully understood or acknowledged. The series welcomes different perspectives on translation, interpreting and mediation, interfacing with a variety of areas of study, including sociology, literature, linguistics, cognition, politics, law, history, communication, multimodality, ecology, technology, cultural production and digital humanities (among others). The series draws inspiration from the collective expertise of CETRA (Centre for Translation Studies), its institutional home at KU Leuven.

All volumes in the series are double peer reviewed.

For questions, please contact the series editors.

Series editors

Jack McMartin (KU Leuven)
Sara Ramos Pinto (University of Leeds)

Editorial board

Núria Codina Solà (KU Leuven)
Lieven D’hulst (KU Leuven)
Peter J. Freeth (London Metropolitan University)
Deborah Giustini (Hamad Bin Khalifa University)
Gabriel González Núñez (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Bei Hu (National University of Singapore)
Akiko Sakamoto (Kansai University)

Advisory board

Brian Baer (Kent State University)
Pieter Boulogne (KU Leuven)
Lynne Bowker (University of Laval)
Elke Brems (KU Leuven)
Leo Tak-hung Chan (Lingnan University, Hong Kong)
Antoon Cox (KU Leuven)
Michael Cronin (Trinity College Dublin)
Dilek Dizdar (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
Yves Gambier (University of Turku)
Maud Gonne (University of Liège)
Arnt Lykke Jakobsen (Copenhagen Business School)
Haidee Kotze (Utrecht University)
Kaisa Koskinen (Tampere University)
Kobus Marais (University of the Free State)
Reine Meylaerts (KU Leuven)
Joss Moorkens (Dublin City University)
Jemina Napier (Heriot-Watt University)
Franz Pöchhacker (University of Vienna)
Hanna Risku (University of Vienna)
Diana Roig Sanz (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
Heidi Salaets (KU Leuven)
Christina Schäffner (Aston University)
Luc van Doorslaer (University of Tartu / KU Leuven)

Yes, "Translation Policies in Legal and Institutional Settings" is published Open Access. It is available under a BY-NC-ND license.

Publication of "Translation Policies in Legal and Institutional Settings" was funded by KU Leuven Fund for Fair Open Access
CETRA
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Introduction Marie Bourguignon, Bieke Nouws & Heleen van Gerwen
Government ideologies in translation: An enquiry into past Canadian budget speeches Chantal Gagnon
The complexity of a translation policy: Interpreting for ethnic linguistic minorities in a local courtroom in China Shuang Li
Translation guidelines versus practice: A corpus-based study of the impact of the Polish style guide on translations of EU legislation and reports drafted by the European Commission Katarzyna Wasilewska
Institutional translation practices in South Tyrol: An exploratory study on civil servants working as ‘occasional translators’ Flavia De Camillis
Judicial review of translation policy: The case of bilingual Catalonia in monolingual Spain Albert Branchadell
Investigating the status of Italian as an ‘official minority language’ within the Swiss multilingual institutional system Paolo Canavese
Translation, interpreting and institutional routines: The case of Slovakia Marketa Štefková & Helena Tužinská
Flawless in translation? Legal translations in the Flemish legal professional press (1889–1935) Sebastiaan Vandenbogaerde
Translating the Belgian Civil Code: Developments after 1961 Willem Possemiers
Translation in administrative interactions: Policies and practices at the local level in the Dutch language area of Belgium Jonathan Bernaerts
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The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for "Translation Policies in Legal and Institutional Settings" is 10.11116/9789461664112.