Translation Policies in Legal and Institutional Settings

Marie Bourguignon holds a master in law degree from UCLouvain and is a PhD candidate in law at KU Leuven. Bieke Nouws holds a master in history degree from the University of Antwerp and a PhD in translation studies from KU Leuven. Heleen van Gerwen holds a master in Western literature degree and a PhD in translation studies from KU Leuven.

• Introduction Marie Bourguignon, Bieke Nouws & Heleen van GerwenGovernment ideologies in translation: An enquiry into past Canadian budget speeches Chantal GagnonThe complexity of a translation policy: Interpreting for ethnic linguistic minorities in a local courtroom in China Shuang LiTranslation guidelines versus practice: A corpus-based study of the impact of the Polish style guide on translations of EU legislation and reports drafted by the European Commission Katarzyna WasilewskaInstitutional translation practices in South Tyrol: An exploratory study on civil servants working as ‘occasional translators’ Flavia De CamillisJudicial review of translation policy: The case of bilingual Catalonia in monolingual Spain Albert BranchadellInvestigating the status of Italian as an ‘official minority language’ within the Swiss multilingual institutional system Paolo CanaveseTranslation, interpreting and institutional routines: The case of Slovakia Marketa Štefková & Helena TužinskáFlawless in translation? Legal translations in the Flemish legal professional press (1889–1935) Sebastiaan VandenbogaerdeTranslating the Belgian Civil Code: Developments after 1961 Willem PossemiersTranslation in administrative interactions: Policies and practices at the local level in the Dutch language area of Belgium Jonathan BernaertsAbout the editors About the authors Index

In summary, this volume explores the less-investigated aspect of political representation through linguistic equity in legal and institutional settings. The volume has several strengths. One is is that it is empirically grounded in data collected from observations, case studies, interviews, and other research instruments. These various sources shed light on aspects of real-life translation activities. Another strength is the attention to different legal cultures and traditions in various geographic locations and languages. Ran Yi, Int J Semiot Law (2023), 36:1341–1346 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-023-10003-4