Antonella Distante ³LEGAL TERMINOLOGY AND THE 'GLOCAL' WORLD OF COMMUNICATION´ Luxembourg, 28 march 2011
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Antonella Distante
³LEGAL TERMINOLOGY AND
THE 'GLOCAL' WORLD OF
COMMUNICATION´
Luxembourg, 28 march 2011
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Introductory features
The global trend
The local identity
Our lessons learned
New research strands
Developments expected
Questions and answers time
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The local identity
Our lessons learned
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Introductory features
LEGAL TERMINOLOGY AND THE 'GLOCAL' WORLD OFCOMMUNICATION
Analysing the objective pursued through this titleUsing a blend µglocal¶ (global + local) to qualify the world of
communication stemming from the idea of providing a sort of
µsettlement¶ between global and local instances
We are going to analyse both aspects: the global trend & the local
identity
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Introductory features
The global trend
The local identity
Our lessons learned
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The global trend (1)
Exchanging documents, transferring data, providing legislation,giving rise to international exchanges on a global scale all entail thechance of exploiting well-known means to attain some beneficialresults in transferring forms from one language to another, in other terms, in favouring communication
The infinite chances of the global trend: the use of corpora,glossaries and other well-known technological resources as toolsaimed at facilitating our communication strategies
The opportunity of sharing knowledge worldwide is another fundamental aspect the global approach is offering us: ³globish´ andthe new frontiers of languages
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The international framework: an eye to the UN languagecharter, Officialese & Ngoish jargon
Stakeholder
Quango, Engo, Bingo, Wango, Ringo
Capacity-building
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The idea of attaining a sort of standardisation is essential for languages within the European framework. Official and workinglanguages in the EU: the language Charter, Regulation n.1/1958 (asamended) aimed at paving the way to mutual understanding.
Eurospeak & Eurocratese and the chance of exploiting commonmeans of communication to attain better results in terms of µredtape¶, aka bureaucracy.
Words of Latin origin confer to the legal document a higher degreeof formality, solemnity and constitute an essential basis to develop arelevant extent of standardisation of the legal discourse.
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The positive outcomes, descending from the globalframework, can affect the field of research, notably thechance of exchanging ideas, data and other mainstrategies amounting to a proactive knowledge-sharing
approach.
This approach can stem problem solving skills -encountering the need to find a balance between globaland local contexts - and also promote common andcomprehensible means of communication throughout theEU framework.
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Introductory features
The global trend
The local identity
Our lessons learned
New research strands
Developments expected
Questions and answers time
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The local identity (1)
Language as a marker of identity. Italy and other European contexts: a brief overview
Regional instances as a mean of distinction but also as achance of exalting the intrinsic value of these challengingvarieties
From language to terminology toward legal discourse: a
groundbreaking challenge
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Legal terminology and legal translation: a consistent link
The intrinsic and relevant non-transferability of conceptsamong different legal cultures
The civil-law system, its major forms and expressionsunderlie its foundations on some essential legal issuesvarying from country to country.
The Italian legal language: main features
Formalism vs Formality: an overview on Legalese
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The abstract idea of our Constitution differs from thesubstantial image of the same regarded through theimage of the Constitution within a Common-law country.
The concept of µ compensation ¶ can be translated (fromEnglish into Italian) into µrisarcimento¶ and under certaincircumstances into µindennizzo¶ but how can you identifythe right correspondent if you do not own a basicknowledge of the legal gist related to these forms ?
The fundamental role played by substance can befigured out also through the following examples.
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The term µjurisdiction¶ can give rise to misinterpretationas it amounts to more than a sole legal gist
The sources of law : key cases
The legal profession
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Introductory features
The global trend
The local identity
Our lessons learned
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Developments expected
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The indissoluble link between training and research isone of the pillars of our professional activity
Our research experience as a trigger to attain new andchallenging objectives. Some of the means are thefollowing:
PERMANENT TERMINOLOGICAL OBSERVATORYWORD DETECTING, an on-line section,www.englishfor.it
ENGLISHFOR, THE ESP ON-LINE JOURNALwww.englishfor.itESP SERIES, COLLANA INGLESE PER SCOPISPECIALI
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P ERMANENT TERMINOLOGI CAL OBSERVATORY
This is an opportunity of monitoring languages throughglobal resources: it is an attempt to pursue differentobjectives, among the other things, understanding and³decrypting´ buzz words, neologisms and foreign terms.
Our fields of interest:Social & international communicationInternational relations, political, economic, financial and legal issuesMedical & scientific area
Green economy, sustainable development & environmental securityInformation Communication TechnologyFood & Wine
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W ORD DETE CTING :
It is a monthly on-line section, whose main target is³detecting words´: a chance to show some of the resultsachieved via the Observatory, providing definitions inEnglish and Italian and also presenting some of thesources used to analyse the terms in question.
A group of µWord detectives¶ composed of translators,trainers, interpreters and researchers, namely, A.Distante, C. Dodich, M.P. Montoro, E. Verardi, whoseinterest and enthusiasm for this research has given riseto many positive outcomes. Here follows a shortlist of some selected forms.
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Global economyEarmarkingAgflationIntrapreneur
Mideast and Northern Africa uprisingK eystroke revolution
Green economyGarbology
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Social trendsNeet
F oreign terms and language loansBalconingFlash mobFinger food
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ENGLISH F OR, THE ES P ON-LINE JOURNAL
Its aim is to promote research, within the language field,notably English for special purposes.
This on-line journal is a means of presenting cutting-edge studies and professional experiences in action.
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ESP
BOOK SERIES ± COLLANAINGLESE PER SCOPI
SPECIALI
A further chance is setting up a book series to promoteresearch on English for Special Purposes, regarded astraining as well as a professional instrument.
The first issue on Medical English and the new initiativesin progress
From this research activity to new challenging anddemanding targets
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Introductory features
The global trend
The local identity
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The establishment of a group of research composed of
specialists (teachers, translators, experts, EU and MSs officials,and so on) to develop the following:
outline common guidelines to be followed to attain better
results in terms of terminological research, taking into accountseveral fields of interest (legal, political, economic, military, ICT,and so on) and at the same time underlying an interdisciplinaryapproach.
In order to draw up these research guidelines, another perspective should be the incidence of foreign terms and/or mutual influences among EU languages (analysing someselected idioms, starting from the working languages and some
of the official languages).
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Promote the use of on-line platforms (Active Server Pages
or similar tools) to carry on terminological researches in
order to exchange data and develop ³knowledge sharing´(entailing information on bibliographical references,
courses, seminars and other relevant initiatives).
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Stage periodical roundtables, seminars in order to present
the outcomes obtained (on yearly basis, for instance). These
last initiatives are aimed at triggering smooth and consistent
procedures among the group of study, imposing a scheduled
time of research and also spreading the results of such
activities through media in order to give notice of the goals
achieved to the concerned institutions, bodies and
academies.
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Give rise to training courses for would-be translators,
terminologists, experts and teachers involved in these
matters by means of a centre of excellence designed as an
instrument to promote research and training whose features
are compliant with the European criteria. This centre should
also provide courses for professionals (belonging to different
fields) in order to develop groundbreaking long-life learning
programs.
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The global trend
The local identity
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It would be desirable to favour mutual understanding
throughout the European framework and also facilitate
communication between Europe and the rest of the globe.
And last but not least, rendering our way of communicating
a means of deep cultural identity: our European languages,
notwithstanding their diversity, can mirror our common
essence. Conclusions and acknowledgements.
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The global trend
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