Lost in the Eurofog: The Textual Fit of Translated Law

Łucja Biel is a linguist and translation scholar (Assistant Professor at the Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw, Visiting Lecturer at City University London), sworn translator, deputy editor of the Journal of Specialised Translation and Secretary General of the European Society of Translation Studies.

• Contents: EU translation – Legal genres – EU discourse – Legal translation – Textual fit – Translation universals – Unique items – Corpus-based translation studies – Comparable corpora – Eurolect – Language of the law – Multilingual law – EU law – Legislation – Legal phraseology.

«In short, this is a very rich book with much to recommend it.»(Vilelmini Sosoni, The Journal of Specialised Translation 25/2016)«It is hard to overestimate the merits of Biel’s outstanding book. It deserves the special attention of everyone who is interested not only in translation, but also in legal linguistics, EU legal communication, and language contact.»(Justyna Giczela-Pastwa, ZERL Zeitschrift für Europäische Rechtslinguistik 3. Jan. 2018)Read the full review here