EU – Legal Principles and Translation

Overview of the EU and a UK perspective:

• History and institutions of the EU
• Sources of EU law
• How EU law is implemented in the UK
• Key policies of the EU
• Key legal principles and related terminology
• Multiningualism in the EU
• Equal authenticity of EU texts – ideal or reality?
• Working as a translator for the EU institutions

The EU from a French/German/Spanish perspective:

• How EU law is implemented in France/Germany/Spain
• Analysis and comparison of English and French/German/Spanish key EU texts: legislation, ECJ judgments, Parliament resolutions and treaty provisions

Translation of EU texts:

• Discussion of issues in the translation of EU documents
• Translation of selection of following document types: treaty provisions, legislation (directives and regulations),  ECJ judgments, resolutions of the European parliament

• Legal Translation MA
• EU law and document analysis for translators from the English perspective
• EU law for translators from the French perspective
• EU law for translators from the German perspective
• EU law for translators from the Spanish perspective

English into French, German or Spanish

French, German or Spanish into English