CCTR 556. Legal Translation: Contracts (French to English).
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CCTR 556
Legal Translation: Contracts (French to English).
Credits: 2
Offered by: Global & Strategic Comm. (School of Continuing Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Translation of contracts from French to English. Overview of the legal framework for contracts translated in Canada, including differences between the civil law principles
applied in Quebec and the common law principles applied in the rest of Canada, and other translation problems typical of international contracts. Examination of the
structure of contracts. Application of context-specific translation strategies. Translation of standard and general clauses, as well as specific types of contracts.
Examination of English and French terminology and phraseology in the subfield of contracts.
- Prerequisites: CCTR 530 and CCTR 541.
- Restriction: Open only to students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Legal Translation.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
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