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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 global trend

The local identity

Our lessons learned







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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The global trend

The local identity

Our lessons learned






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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The local identity

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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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The global trend

The local identity

Our lessons learned






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




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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Our lessons learned ( 4)

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




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.




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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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

Our lessons learned






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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