Legal Translation And Interpreting

All presentations are in English unless otherwise noted.

LAW-1 (T, 3:30pm-5:00pm) - All Levels
The Concept of Equivalence in Court Interpreting
Marina Braun (Portland, Oregon), consultant, interpreter trainer, court certified interpreter, speaker, writer, and Russian language instructor

The way two languages encode cultural meaning is usually vastly different. To put restraints on language professionals by demanding a "verbatim" translation (i.e., to translate/interpret words rather than meaning) is to disregard the fundamental tenets of modern language and communication theories. The goal of any translation/interpreting should be a semiotic equivalence, a correspondence between cultural units in the source and target languages. Semiotic equivalence can provide an even more useful tool for translators by offering a greater insight into the mechanism of meaning and its encoding with the help of linguistic symbols.

(Related Sessions: Preconference Seminars (Seminar F), EnglishÕSpanish Translation of Standard and Nonstandard Contract Clauses; Dutch (D-1), Basic Concepts in DutchÕEnglish Legal Translation; French (F-2), FrenchÕEnglish Advanced Legal Workshop; German (G-7), Understanding the Recent Substantial Revisions to the German Law of Obligations; German (G-8), Translating German Legalese: Contract Law and Related Aspects of the Law of Obligations; Japanese (J-2) Experiences with the Japanese®English Court Interpreting Test; Slavic Languages (SL-3), U.S. Legal Terms: How to Say It in Russian and Ukrainian; Spanish (S-3), Elementos conceptuales y terminológicos de los textos jurídicos en español; Spanish (S-4), Enseñanza de traducción jurídica; and Spanish (S-5), Cultural Differences in Ethical Issues Regarding U.S. Models of Contracts, Codes of Conduct, and Similar in Latin America)