30 diciembre 2008

Legal terminology "finding"

finding : (sust,) conclusión, hallazgo, resultado.

(noun) a decision by a court or tribunal regarding a question of fact.

"The court's finding was in our favor."

Related terms

finding of fact - a finding of fact is a determination made by the fact finder (usually a judge or a jury) based on the evidence, regarding an issue involving the facts of a case, raised by one party to a case. "The defendant changed his plea to guilty after the court found as a fact that he had been present at the scene of the crime."
findings/conclusions of law- a finding of law is a determination of law reached by the court based on the facts found. "Based on the evidence before it, the court found at law that the company had indeed engaged in anti-competitive practices designed to maintain its monopoly position."

AUDIO TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION 3-DAY TAPIT MEGA WORKSHOP

If you are interested in translating tapes, CD’s, or other audio media, this is for you !!!



AUDIO TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION

3-DAY TAPIT MEGA WORKSHOP

Jan 17-18-19, 2009



Belmont University, Nashville, TN



Hands-on practice. Small group - lots of interaction and critique with

Forensic TT Specialist Judith Kenigson Kristy



Approved for 12 FL&3 General CEU credits for TN Certified and Registered Interpreters.



Registrants must attend all 3 days

Go to the TAPIT website (www.tapit.org) for details and registration form.

22 diciembre 2008

Feliz Navidad y Venturoso Año Nuevo 2009

¡TRADPROF le desea bendiciones de Nuestro Señor para esta Navidad, el año 2009 y siempre!

"Que busques a Cristo, que encuentres a Cristo, que ames a Cristo. Son tres etapas clarísimas. ¿Has intentado por lo menos, vivir la primera?"
(San Josemaría Escrivá)

13 diciembre 2008

Saving money on translators and interpreters.

Saving money on translators and interpreters

In the latest issue of The Linguist, the journal of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, there is a snippet from an article that appeared in the Daily Mirror a few weeks ago concerning the interpreter appointed by Wigan Athletic for their star Egyptian striker, currently with them on loan, Amr Zaki. The football club discovered that the interpreter wasn't up to the job. Not surprising really, as they had appointed him after finding him selling pies on a stall and being told that he was fluent in Arabic.

Wigan Athletic is in the top football league, and players of this calibre earn several hundred thousand pounds a year. Manager Steve Bruce moved to Wigan last year for a reported salary of £3m a year including bonuses, according to an article at the time. The club's hospitality packages start at £1250 per person, and there is a package that costs twice as much (see here). Yet the club didn't see fit to shell out the going rate for a professional interpreter. Incredible!


Stories like this are all too common. Companies that spend a fortune on entertaining clients, and that wouldn't dream of appointing trainee or unqualified accountants or medical staff, think it's perfectly ok to get translations done by someone's daughter, brother-in-law or other willing volunteer. In a document produced by the Institute of Translation and Interpreting, there are some translation horror stories. A US manufacturer of radiation equipment didn't bother to translate instructions into French, assuming that technicians would all be fluent in English; they weren't and some patients died of radiation overdoses. In April 2007 the prime ministers of France and Canada held a memorial service to honour Canadian soldiers who had died in France during the First World War. Journalists spotted that historical plaques put up nearby were riddled with grammar and spelling errors, and it turned out that they had been translated by well-meaning but unqualified volunteers.

11 diciembre 2008

Legal terminology "integrated"

integrated

(adjective) to make a whole by bringing parts together, to unify.
"After some time, the new procedures were fully integrated into the work routine."
Synonyms
incorporated: "The new guidelines incorporated the changes in reporting routines."
assimilated: "New reporting procedures assimilated legislative changes into current practices."
Word combinations
integrated agreement - an agreement adopted as a final and complete expression of that which is agreed between 2 parties. "The seller argued that the buyer could not rely on promises not contained in the integrated agreement."
Other use
We also use integrate in the sense of opening something to people of all races or ethnic groups without restriction - to desegregate. "To comply with law, the company took steps to to diversify and integrate the workplace."