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Overview
Translation : Translation of legislation from French to English. Review of legislative systems in Canada, with a focus on Quebec. Analysis of methods of legislative translation in Canada. Legal translation principles and techniques applied to the translation of legislation. Study of macro-level translation strategies specific to statutes and regulations, including jurisdiction, sources of law, law structure, genre, function (of statutes and regulations and their translation) and context, and micro-level textual specificities of statutes and regulations and their translation. Strategies used to solve specific terminological and phraseological translation problems. Research techniques and use o appropriate references and tools when translating legislation.
Terms: Fall 2021
Instructors: Baker, Mary Elizabeth; Abbott, Amanda Leigh (Fall)
Prerequisite: CCTR 541
Restrictions: Only open to students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Legal Translation.
