Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on the Editors; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I LEGAL TRANSLATION IN THEORY; 1 Translation vs. Decoding Strategies in Law and Economics Scholarship; 2 Cultural Transfer and Conceptualization in Legal Discourse; 3 Lost in Translation?; 4 Translation Equivalence as Legal Fiction; 5 Trying to the See the Wood Despite the Trees; 6 Minimal Unit of Legal Translation vs. Minimal Unit of Thought; 7 Parameters for Problem-Solving in Legal Translation; 8 Structuring a Legal Translation Course
PART II LEGAL TRANSLATION IN PRACTICE9 EU Legislative Texts and Translation; 10 Phraseology in Legal Translation; 11 Translating International Arbitration Norms into the Italian Language and Culture; 12 Translating Domestic Legislation; 13 Translation of Japanese Laws and Regulations; 14 Important Translation Strategies Used in Legal Translation; 15 On the Translation of the Criminal Procedure Law of the PRC; 16 The New Czech Civil Code -- Lessons from Legal Translation; 17 Multilevel Translation Analysis of a Key Legal Concept; Afterword; Index
This collection investigates the latest advances in the field of legal translation and provides an invaluable reference volume for all academics and practitioners in the field. The authors offer philosophical, rhetorical, terminological and lexicographical perspectives and explore a range of topics from both theoretical and practical positions. Multiple and pluralistic viewpoints are also offered in the analysis of legal translation among different jurisdictions such as China, the EU and Japan
