Admission requirements
Specialisation Course: Legal Translation I.
Description
This course offers practice in the translation of a variety of legal text types, such as laws and treaties, deeds, contracts, insurance policies, writs, judgments and decrees, and legal correspondence. The texts cover the most important areas of law.
At home, all students prepare a translation for discussion in tutorial. However, in each tutorial two students assume the special role of discussion leader; they prepare for their task by adding critical annotations to their translation. The discussion leaders face a critical audience of fellow students, as well as a panel consisting of the tutor and two student-opponents who put to them constructive, but critical remarks and questions.
Course objectives
Skill in translating legal texts from English to Dutch and vice versa; the translations should be marketable
Enhancement of students’ knowledge of translation theory, in particular with regard to legal translation
Further improvement of oral and written proficiency in Dutch and English
Timetable
The timetable will be available by June 1st at www.hum.leidenuniv.nl/engels.
Mode of instruction
Two-hour seminar per week.
Assessment method
Average mark of three translations, handed in during the course (30%)
Presentations and annotated translations (30%)
Translation test (D-E/E-D) (40%)
Blackboard
This course is supported by Blackboard.
Reading list
Caspel, R.D.J. van, Gokkel H.R.W., & Klijn, C.A.W. (2008). Fockema Andreae’s juridisch woordenboek. Groningen: Noordhoff.
End, A. van den (2010). Juridisch-economisch lexicon – The legal and economic lexicon. Zeist: Gateway. [Recommended, but expensive] or:
Foster, T. (2009). Dutch legal terminology in English. Deventer: Kluwer.
Garner, B.A. (2009). Black’s law dictionary. St Paul: West.
Registration
Students should register through uSis.
Contact information
Departmental Office English Language and Culture, P.N. van Eyckhof 4, room 102C. Tel. 071 5272144; mail: english@hum.leidenuniv.nl.
Coordinator of Studies Master: Ms. K. van der Zeeuw-Filemon, P.N. van Eyckhof 4, room 103C.
Remarks
No remarks.