Translating Official Documents - Softcover

Book 9 of 25: Translation Practices Explained

Mayoral Asensio, Roberto

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9781900650656: Translating Official Documents
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ISBN 10: 1900650657 ISBN 13: 9781900650656
Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

Official translations are generally documents that serve as legally valid instruments. They include anything from certificates of birth, death or marriage through to academic transcripts or legal contracts. This field of translation is now as important as it is fraught with difficulties, for it is only in a few areas that the cultural differences are so acute and the consequences of failure so palpable. In a globalizing world, our official institutions increasingly depend on translations of official documents, but little has been done to elaborate the skills and dilemmas involved. Roberto Mayoral deals with the very practical problems of official translating. He points out the failings of traditional theories in this field and the need for revised concepts such as the virtual document, pragmatic constraints, and risk analysis. He details aspects of the social contexts, ethical norms, translation strategies, different formats, fees, legal formulas, and ways of solving the most frequent

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Roberto Mayoral Asensio

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1900650657
ISBN 13 
9781900650656
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
167
Editor
PYM ANTHONY
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