Publications
Publication details [#8467]
Vitale, Geoffrey. 1997. Legal and politico-legal translation in Quebec. In Simms, Karl, ed. Translating sensitive texts: linguistic aspects (Approaches to Translation Studies 14). Amsterdam: Rodopi. pp. 169–176.
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
Keywords
Abstract
Within the Canadian and, by extension, North-American environment, legal and politico-legal translation from French to English and vice versa gives rise to confusion and ambiguity. But because of the high-profile attention attracted by the prolonged bouts of squabbling between Quebec and Ottawa, it is, understandably, the politico-legal language, in both French and English, that has become most familiar to observers. This paper aims to outline how important translation becomes when trying to present the same politico-legal reality to two different linguistic groups.
Source : Based on information from author(s)