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Informationen zum Autor Deborah Cao is affiliated with the School of Languages and Linguistics and the Socio-Legal Research Centre, Griffith University, Australia. Originally trained and qualified as a United Nations simultaneous interpreter, she was educated in China and Australia. She holds PhD in translation studies and LL.B (Hons), and has published in the areas of translation studies, legal translation, semiotics and philosophical and linguistic analysis of Chinese law and legal culture. Her books include Chinese Law: A Language Perspective (Ashgate, 2004), Translation at the United Nations (in Chinese, 2006, China Foreign Translation and Publishing Corporation, co-authored with Zhao Xingmin), and Interpretation, Law and Construction of Meaning (Springer, 2006, a joint editor). Klappentext The book examines legal translation, covering both theoretical and practical grounds and linguistic as well as legal issues. It analyses the basic skills and competence of the legal translator and various types of legal texts and is useful for translators, lawyers, linguistic and legal scholars working in a bilingual/multilingual legal context. Zusammenfassung The book examines legal translation! covering both theoretical and practical grounds and linguistic as well as legal issues. It analyses the basic skills and competence of the legal translator and various types of legal texts and is useful for translators! lawyers! linguistic and legal scholars working in a bilingual/multilingual legal context. Preface Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2Law, Language and Translation 3The Legal Translator 4Legal Terminological Issues in Translation 5 Translating Private Legal Documents 6Translating Domestic Legislation 7Translating International Legal Instruments List of Cases Bibliography Index
