Initiation à la traduction juridique—Volet II (SFE-165) [offered in French only]

Professional training

In this second part, we will cover sources of law, the players who exercise legislative or executive powers, legal systems in use in Canada, the legislative process, and the translation of certain legal terms (“evidence,” “alleged,” “statute,” “order,” etc). We will also differentiate between criminal law and civil law, between penal and criminal, and between various types of offences (“indictable offence,” “summary conviction” and “hybrid offence”).

Language professionals who have no legal training and are called upon to translate or revise texts containing legal concepts will be provided with useful contextual information to help them with their translation and revision tasks.

Specialists in translation or revision (English to French)

You must already be involved in translating or revising English-to-French texts.

This activity is conducted in French; you are welcome to use the official language of your choice.

At the end of the workshop, you will be:

• able to name and differentiate between the various players exercising executive or legislative powers
• familiar with the principal stages of the legislative process
• able to differentiate between civil law and common law, civil law and criminal law, and public law and private law
• able to correct some translation problems specific to legal language
• familiar with the hierarchy of the principal sources of law

Please consult the directory and schedule of Translation Bureau courses.

Maximum of 12

The Translation Bureau reserves the right to cancel this activity unless there are at least 6 registrations.

$345 (free of charge for Translation Bureau employees)

20% discount for members of a recognized professional association. Please send proof of certification, such as a photo of your membership card, to btformation.tbtraining@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.

To register for this workshop, please consult the Translation Bureau course registration procedure and form.