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LEGAL TRANSLATION CONFERENCE

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Jersey City, New Jersey · Hyatt Regency · May 2-4, 2003

Friday, May 2

Saturday, May 3

Sunday, May 4

FRIDAY, MAY 2

8:00am-9:00am	Continental Breakfast & Registration
9:00am-10:00am	Opening Session and Welcome Address Thomas L. West III and Marian S. Greenfield followed by Common Law and Equity Thomas L. West III Language Neutral
10:00am-10:15am	Coffee Break
10:15am-12:15am	Roundtable Discussion: Principles of Legal Translation Javier F. Becerra, Alejandro M. Garro, and Steve Kahaner Language Neutral
12:15pm-2:15pm	Lunch - On Your Own
2:15pm-4:15pm	Marketing Your Skills to Patent Law Firms: An Insider's Perspective Brian Fish Language Neutral
4:15pm-4:30pm	Coffee Break
4:30pm-5:15pm	The Legal Sector from the Language Company's Perspective: A Practical Session Carol Lagler-Kolusheva Language Neutral
5:30pm-??	Welcome Reception

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Friday, May 2

Saturday, May 3

Sunday, May 4

SATURDAY, MAY 3

8:00am-9:00am	Continental Breakfast & Registration
9:00am-10:30am	Untangling Legalese: Maximizing Clarity in the Translation of Pleadings into English (Part I) Joe McClinton Language Neutral Lexical Pitfalls and Collocational Variation in Legal Texts (Part I) Ricardo Chiesa Spanish Workshop: English to Spanish Translation of Legal Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions Silvana Debonis Spanish
10:30am-10:45am	Coffee Break
10:45am-11:30am	Untangling Legalese: Maximizing Clarity in the Translation of Pleadings into English (Part II) Joe McClinton Language Neutral Atelier sur les prépositions en traduction juridique Louis Beaudoin French
10:45am-12:15pm	Do Direito Romano versus o Direito Anglo-Saxão: Rumo à tradução do jargão jurídico (Part I) Maria Chaves de Mello Portuguese Coping with Cultural Differences in Legal Translation (Part I) Marina Braun Russian Doing Business in Mexico and the Role of the Legal Translator Javier F. Becerra Spanish Lexical Pitfalls and Collocational Variation in Legal Texts (Part II) Ricardo Chiesa Spanish
11:30am-12:15pm	Systemic and Linguistic Specificities of Legal Languages: A Case in Point-Legal Translation in Canada Louis Beaudoin French
12:15pm-2:15pm	Lunch - On Your Own
2:15pm-3:45pm	Translators' Standards of Care and Liability for Legal Translations Thomas B. Mann II Language Neutral A Comparative Look at the Legal Systems in France and the U.S. Robert L. Smith French Translating German Criminal Law into English Margaret Marks German Do Direito Romano versus o Direito Anglo-Saxão: Rumo à tradução do jargão jurídico (Part II) Maria Chaves de Mello Portuguese Coping with Cultural Differences in Legal Translation (Part II) Marina Braun Russian Translating Selected Provisions of a Stock Purchase Agreement (Part I) Javier F. Becerra Spanish Translation of Notarial Clauses from Latin American Spanish into English (Part I) Daniel Giglio Spanish
3:45pm-4:00pm	Coffee Break
4:00pm-5:30pm	German Tax and Social Insurance Law: A Brief Survey of Terminology Joe McClinton German Official Translations for Use in Brazil: Certified Public Translations Tamara D. Barile Portuguese Social Services and the Welfare System: Transferring Legal Concepts in Multilingual Documentation Igor Vesler Russian Translating Selected Provisions of a Stock Purchase Agreement (Part II) Javier F. Becerra Spanish Translation of Notarial Clauses from Latin American Spanish into English (Part II) Daniel Giglio Spanish

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Friday, May 2

Saturday, May 3

Sunday, May 4

SUNDAY, MAY 4

7:30am-8:30am	Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:30am-10:00am	The Community Trademark Legal Framework: Harmonizing Translation Practices Luis Pérez González Language Neutral Atelier sur la cooccurence en traduction juridique Louis Beaudoin French Recurring Problems in German>English Legal Translation Margaret Marks German Deeds of Formation and Managing Bodies in English (Part I) Tamara D. Barile Portuguese Workshop: English to Spanish Translation of Bankruptcy Law in the U.S. (Part I) Silvana Debonis Spanish Legal Translation in the Globalized Economy: The Case of FTAA Georganne Weller Spanish
10:00am-10:15am	Coffee Break
10:15am-11:45am	Problems and Solutions Regarding the Translation of International Sales Law Materials Vikki Rogers Language Neutral Workshop on French Corporate Law Thomas L. West III French Deeds of Formation and Managing Bodies in English (Part II) Tamara D. Barile Portuguese Workshop: English to Spanish Translation of Bankruptcy Law in the U.S. (Part II) Silvana Debonis Spanish Legal Dictionaries for the English>Spanish Legal Translator Sandro Tomasi Spanish
11:45am-1:45pm	Lunch - On Your Own
1:45pm-3:15pm	Legal Translation in the Globalized Economy: The Case of FTAA Georganne Weller Language Neutral How Napoleonic Codes Work: A French Point of View (Part I) Henry Saint Dahl French Swiss Legal German Thomas L. West III German Comprehensive Overview of Administrative Law in Brazil and a Comparison of the U.S. Administrative Law System (Part I) Vera Scarpinella Portuguese Las resoluciones judiciales en el Derecho Argentino: desafíos léxicos y discursivos (Part I) Ricardo Chiesa Spanish The Life of a Corporation through its Documents Teresa S. Waldes Spanish
3:15pm-3:30pm	Coffee Break
3:30pm-5:00pm	How Napoleonic Codes Work: A French Point of View (Part II) Henry Saint Dahl French Translating German Contracts Joe McClinton German Comprehensive Overview of Administrative Law in Brazil and a Comparison of the U.S. Administrative Law System (Part II) Vera Scarpinella Portuguese Las resoluciones judiciales en el Derecho Argentino: desafíos léxicos y discursivos (Part II) Ricardo Chiesa Spanish Propiedad intelectual en Internet: un ejemplo híbrido de traducción jurídica Luis Pérez González Spanish Translating in Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Cases: Terminology and Cultural Discrepancies Gabriela Meilij-Romero Spanish

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Friday, May 2

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Sunday, May 4