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- 1. Employment law World Law Dictionary A single database for the world’s legal languages
- 2. Aim of the project To create the world’s best and largest multilingual law dictionary, a central database for the world’s legal languages World Law Dictionary
- 3. • Founded in Stockholm, Sweden 1989 • Author of world’s bestselling course books for Legal English: International Legal English and Introduction to International Legal English • Created International Legal English Certificate together with Cambridge University • Created PLEAD online Legal English course together with Cambridge University Press and Boston University School of Law • Publisher of only Learner’s Dictionary of Law • Publisher of world’s most extensive learning materials for Legal English • Opens office in Shanghai, China 2015 World Law Dictionary 3
- 4. University partners • China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China • Göttingen University, Germany • Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan • University of Minho, Braga, Portugal • Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland • Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary • University of Innsbruck, Austria • University of St. Gallen, Switzerland World Law Dictionary 4
- 5. • No standard English • No comparative law analysis and notes • No help for non-native speakers • Poor quality • Not online World Law Dictionary 5 Current status of multi-lingual law dictionaries
- 6. • No standard English World Law Dictionary 6 Current status of multi-lingual law dictionaries
- 7. • Single online dictionary of legal language • Quality assured • International standard • Extensive comparative law notes • Online • Learning materials functionality World Law Dictionary 7 What is the World Law Dictionary?
- 8. Common Law vs. Civil Law English may be the common language of the world, but the Common Law is not the common law of the world. World Law Dictionary 8 Explaining Civil Law concepts to foreign clients and other parties in English using Common Law terminology is a problem experienced by lawyers the world over.
- 9. English content TransLegal’s Learners’ Dictionary of Law • 40,000+ lawyer-hours invested to date in the English content • Over 10,000 legal terms • Over 2,000 language exercises • Already live online • Continuing expansion of material World Law Dictionary 9
- 10. TransLegal’s Law Dictionary • 10,000+ terms • World’s only Learner’s Dictionary for Law • Launched 2012 ENGLISH CONTENT B2 definitions sample sentences sound files collocations common mistakes language exercises related terms sample documents linked content World Law Dictionary 10
- 11. written at Council of Europe B2 level for non-native speakers collocations notes and common mistakes links to learning materials sound files World Law Dictionary 11
- 12. Local language content 1. translation from English 2. comparative law notes World Law Dictionary 12
- 13. Functional Equivalency Analysis • Full or near equivalence • Partial equivalence • No equivalence World Law Dictionary
- 14. Functional equivalency analysis – a suggested approach Establish the properties of the source legal concept: • Determine the FUNCTION of both legal terms (what is the purpose/task of the concept?) • Determine the SCOPE OF APPLICATION of both legal terms (to whom or what object does the concept apply? Is one concept broader or narrower than the other?) • Determine the LEGAL EFFECT of both legal terms World Law Dictionary
- 15. FUNCTION SCOPE OF APPLICATION LEGAL EFFECT Security for payment of a debt Real property Personal property Conveyance of title HYPOTÈQUE YES YES NO NO MORTGAGE YES YES YES YES HYPOTÈQUE vs. MORTGAGE World Law Dictionary
- 16. Using the comparative law notes Legal practitioners can use the content in the dictionary to explain local legal concepts and can even cut-and-paste the text into their work product. World Law Dictionary 16
- 23. Employment law World Law Dictionary A single database for the world’s legal languages