BP Translation Conferences

At FinLex26, a regular BP attendee, Karolína Šajánková, will share her expertise in legal English in the field of family law

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The work of legal translators often includes cross-border family cases, and therefore it is critical to understand legal concepts of the source/target culture. The workshop has two parts: the first part focuses on a brief intro into the UK and U.S. family law offering a solid theoretical basis followed by the second practical part with exercises, useful templates, and specific terminology.

Its target group are seasoned and beginning legal translators with English. The attendants will benefit from increased awareness of legal principles, ready-made solutions for the most frequent language challenges, and hands-on translation templates.

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Karolína Šajánková is a court translator and interpreter for English, German, and Slovak with 18 years of experience. She specialises in law, business, and tourism. Her profound legal knowledge comes from many CPD courses like the BDÜ’s Summer school on German legal system, Legal English Course by Oxford Royale Academy, and the Vienna Legal Language Proficiency Exam.

Karolína believes that the AI boom will inevitably lead to urgent need of classic education. She organises regular legal English workshops at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (Slovakia) and held a webinar on German and UK civil and criminal law for Arizona translators in 2023.
www.sajankova.sk

BP Interpreting Days start 200 days from now!

Calling conference interpreters, court interpreters, medical interpreters, wedding interpreters, construction site interpreters, business meeting interpreters, and any other type of interpreters who'd like to take a break in the winter and learn about your profession, meet your colleagues, and gain inspiration for the year to come.

Call for papers open until late July.
A few exciting proposals are already in, keep them coming!

Tuesday, 19 January: Workshops
Wednesday, 20 January: Presentations
We'll also have networking dinners and probably walking tours as well.

Tickets probably from September.

Venue: NH Valencia Center, with a rooftop pool that also operates in the winter, and a nice bar next to the lobby. Easy to reach from the airport and train station, a 15-minute walk to the old town.

Invite your colleagues, spread the word -- we need to have at least 120 attendees to make this work. Sign up on the website if interested.

I picked January as it's a relatively slow period in an interpreter's life. I picked Valencia as it offers a nice escape from gloomy winter days in most of Europe (although this is hard to imagine in the current heat wave).

I may have found our gala dinner venue for BP27 in Prague, opposite the famous 'Dancing house'