Terminology & translation of contracts

This module provides you with an overview of the legal principles of contract law, an analysis of the contract as a text genre and development of appropriate translation strategies for different types of contract.

The aim is to give you a comprehensive understanding of the legal principles pertaining to the law of contract in the jurisdictions of both source and target language.

It further provides a detailed overview of linguistic and structural features of contracts as well as comparison of these in documentation drawn from the two relevant jurisdictions.

You will receive an in-depth introduction to the appropriate methodologies for translating contracts from your source to your target language.