Englischer Fußball: A German View of Our Beautiful Game is the English title of a book whose German title, when it appeared a couple of years ago, was Harder, better, faster, stronger: Die geheime Geschichte des englischen Fußballs The author, … Continue reading
Introduction to English law for translators and/or non-lawyers English law has been developing for over 1,000 years. Sometimes it is necessary to know some legal history in order to understand English law. This is not the space for a full … Continue reading
According to JUVE, the Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer, Deutscher Anwaltverein (German equivalents of the Law Society of England and Wales), Bundesnotarkammer, Deutscher Richterbund and Bundesjustizministerium are cooking up an alliance to promote German law internationally: In der kommenden Woche will die BRAK nun … Continue reading
I’ve mentioned Suzanne Balansat-Aebi before, but I only recently encountered her article/paper on translating English-language contacts into German. The link on this page opens a PDF file. This is an excellent introduction to the subject. The fact that the target … Continue reading
Francis Henry, Kevin Pike: English law and legal language: Introduction. Eine Einführung in das englische Rechtssystem und die englische Rechtssprache. Sprachenzentrum der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, EUR 15. ISBN 3.9810877-0-4 2006 This book is the first of a series to be published … Continue reading
Bonn Blawg reports: bq. I just finished drafting the claim before it was statute-barred. Since the claimant is a foreign entity in an English-speaking country, and the defendant (and its Denglish lawyers) prefer to use English, I attached the exhibits … Continue reading
The decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of 14th October 2004, which was widely commented on in the press – it deals with how far German courts are obliged to enforce decisions of the European Court of Human Rights – … Continue reading
LAWgical reports that the German Civil Code is being translated into English, to appear online. All 5 books are to be translated into British English by autumn 2005 and appear online as part of the German Federal Ministry of Justice‘s … Continue reading
Following an entry in Carob and some discussion, I decided I need to define the German and English terms involved. The following is a reminder to myself (like a lot of this weblog): Source: Deutsches Rechtslexikon, ISBN 3 406 34649 … Continue reading
In connection with a mailing-list query on how to translate Rechtspfleger into Italian, the European Union of Rechtspfleger was mentioned. Until a few years ago, there was a registrar at the English county courts, a kind of sub-judge, who seemed … Continue reading