Translation Policies in Legal and Institutional Settings
Edited by Marie Bourguignon, Bieke Nouws, and Heleen van Gerwen
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VIEW Edited volume - paperback VIEW Edited volume - free ebook - ePUBTranslating ‘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).
Government ideologies in translation: An enquiry into past Canadian budget speeches
The complexity of a translation policy: Interpreting for ethnic linguistic minorities in a local courtroom in China
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
Institutional translation practices in South Tyrol: An exploratory study on civil servants working as ‘occasional translators’
Judicial review of translation policy: The case of bilingual Catalonia in monolingual Spain
Investigating the status of Italian as an ‘official minority language’ within the Swiss multilingual institutional system
Translation, interpreting and institutional routines: The case of Slovakia
Flawless in translation? Legal translations in the Flemish legal professional press (1889–1935)
Translating the Belgian Civil Code: Developments after 1961
Translation in administrative interactions: Policies and practices at the local level in the Dutch language area of Belgium
About the editors
Format: Edited volume - free ebook - PDF
256 pages
ISBN: 9789461664112
Publication: November 03, 2021
Series: Translation, Interpreting and Transfer
Languages: English: United States
Download: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51206
Heleen van Gerwen holds a master's degree in Western literature and a PhD in translation studies from KU Leuven.
Marie Bourguignon holds a master's degree in law from UCLouvain and is a PhD candidate in law at KU Leuven.
In summary, this volume explores the less-investigated aspect of political representation through linguistic equity in legal and institutional settings. The volume has several strengths. One is is that it is empirically grounded in data collected from observations, case studies, interviews, and other research instruments. These various sources shed light on aspects of real-life translation activities. Another strength is the attention to different legal cultures and traditions in various geographic locations and languages. Ran Yi, Int J Semiot Law (2023), 36:1341–1346 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-023-10003-4