Comparative Law for Legal Translators

Guadalupe Soriano-Barabino is Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies at the University of Granada. She holds a PhD in Translation Studies (Legal Translation) as well as degrees in law and in translation and interpreting from the University of Granada. She has studied law in Spain, Ireland, the United Kingdom and France, worked as a solicitor in the United Kingdom and taught at the Universities of Ulster and Salamanca. She also has extensive experience as a sworn translator and interpreter for English, French and Spanish.

• Contents: Introduction – Comparative Law and its Importance in Legal Translation – Legal Families and Traditions – Italy by Angela Carpi – France – Spain – Germany by Rafael Adolfo Zambrana Kuhn – England and Wales – The United States – Ireland – Training Legal Translators – Legal Translation in the Classroom – Contrat de travail à durée indéterminée – Salarié du Particulier employeur – Contrato de trabajo indefinido del servicio del hogar familiar.

"Soriano-Barabino [...] brings together theory and practice in a pedagogical manner with a volume that is worth including in all reading lists for legal translation training programmes." (Javier Moreno-Rivero, International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, May 2017)