CCTR 553 — Legal Translation: Judgments (English to French)

Translation of judgments from English to French. Review of judicial systems and subject-matter jurisdiction. Examination of legal translation principles and techniques applied to judgments. Study of macro-level translation strategies specific to judgments, including structure, genre, function (of the judgment and its translation) and context, and micro-level textual specificities of judgments and their translation. Strategies used to solve specific terminological and phraseological translation problems. Research techniques and use of appropriate references and tools when translating judgments.

• Credits: 2
• Faculty: School of Continuing Studies
• Department: Global & Strategic Comm.
• Prerequisite: CCTR 541