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A History of Modern Translation Knowledge: Sources, concepts, effects
Edited by Lieven D’hulst and Yves Gambier
[Benjamins Translation Library 142] 2018
► pp. 397–400

Chapter 6.6
Legal history

Keywords: legal translation, legal history, cultural transfer, official multilingualism, translation policy
Article outline
  • 1.Translating law and regulating translation – a historical perspective
  • 2.“Official translation” and other changing concepts
  • 3.From cultural impact to professional status
  • 4.Gaps and blanks
  • References
  • Further reading
Published online: 28 June 2018
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Further reading

Biosca i Bas, Antoni, and Juan Francisco Mesa Sanz
2012 “ Fori antiqui e furs du royaume et de la ville de Valence. Latin et langue romane d’un texte juridique”. In Pour une histoire comparée des traductions, ed. by D. de Courcelles and V. Martines Peres, 103–111. Paris: École des Chartes.Google Scholar
Coing, Helmut
1982–1988 Handbuch der Quellen und Literatur der neueren europäischen Privatrechtsgeschichte. München: Beck.Google Scholar
Crogiez-Pétrequin, Sylvie
2010 “L’entreprise de traduction française du Code théodosien .” In Histoire et pratiques de la traduction, ed. by S. Crogiez-Pétrequin and P. Pasteur, 39–51. Mont-Saint-Aignan: Publications des universités de Rouen et du Havre.Google Scholar