EVENT: IALS – Common Law in French and Civil Law in English – Bijuralism and Bilingualism à la canadienne!

Posted January 10th, 2017 in Forthcoming events by sally

‘In bilingual countries like Canada, translators must be sensitive to the structural and cultural differences between legal systems and languages. How does one translate common-law concepts into French when they have evolved over the centuries in English? Must the common law be expressed only in English and the civil law only in French?’

Date: 6th February 2017, 12.30am-2.30pm

Location: Quebec House, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5JH

Charge: Free, registration required

More information can be found here.