Legal Translation (Gr. Dip.) (30 credits)

Introduction to Law for Non-Jurists

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A survey of the common law and the civil law traditions for non-jurists. History and key concepts of the common law and civil law. Canadian bijuralism, judicial institutions and civil procedure, constitutional law, and criminal law.

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Introduction to Translation

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Introduction to the principles and practice of professional translation, research techniques and sources of documentation. Translation of a variety of general and semi-specialized texts from English to French, or from French to English.

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Legal Translation: General.

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Translation of legal texts. Overview of legal theory. Examination of legal translation methodology, legal terminology, phraseology, and legal citation guidelines through hands-on translation exercises of different subtypes of legal texts.

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Applied Project 1

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Translation project supervised by external partner, or, related project approved by Department and supervised by Faculty or external partner.

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Applied Project 2

Terms offered: Summer 2025

Translation project supervised by external partner, or, related project approved by Department and supervised by Faculty or external partner.

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Legal Translation: Judgments (English to French).

Terms offered: Summer 2025

Translation of judgments from English to French. Review of judicial systems and subject-matter jurisdiction. Examination of legal translation principles and techniques applied to judgments. Study of macro-level translation strategies specific to judgments, including structure, genre, function (of the judgment and its translation) and context, and micro-level textual specificities of judgments and their translation. Strategies used to solve specific terminological and phraseological translation problems. Research techniques and use of appropriate references and tools when translating judgments.

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Legal Translation: Contracts (English to French).

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Translation of contracts from English to French. 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.

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Legal Translation: StatutesRegulations (English to French).

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Translation of legislation from English to French. Review of legislative systems in Canada. Analysis of methods of legislative translation in Canada. Legal translation principles and techniques applied to the translation of legislation. Study of macro-level translation strategies specific to statutes and regulations, including jurisdiction, sources of law, law structure, genre, function (of statutes and regulations and their translation) and context, and micro-level textual specificities of statutes and regulations and their translation. Strategies used to solve specific terminological and phraseological translation problems. Research techniques and use of appropriate references and tools when translating legislation.

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Legal Translation: Securities Law (English to French).

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Translation of securities documents from English to French. Overview of the legal framework governing the securities market in Canada. Examination of the common securities documents translated in Canada, including prospectuses, material change reports, business acquisition reports, annual information forms, information circulars, take-over bid circulars and directors’ circulars. Application of research techniques to find mandatory language in the English and French versions of securities regulations. Examination of English and French terminology and phraseology in the subfield of securities.

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Current Trends in Legal Translation.

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Selected current trends related to legal translation.

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Legal Translation: Judgments (French to English).

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Translation of judgments from French to English. Review of judicial systems and subject-matter jurisdiction. Examination of legal translation principles and techniques applied to judgments. Study of macro-level translation strategies specific to judgments, including structure, genre, function (of the judgment and its translation) and context, and micro-level textual specificities of judgments and their translation. Strategies used to solve specific terminological and phraseological translation problems. Research techniques and use of appropriate references and tools when translating judgments.

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Legal Translation: Contracts (French to English).

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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.

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Legal Translation: StatutesRegulations (French to English).

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Translation of legislation from French to English. Review of legislative systems in Canada, with a focus on Quebec. Analysis of methods of legislative translation in Canada. Legal translation principles and techniques applied to the translation of legislation. Study of macro-level translation strategies specific to statutes and regulations, including jurisdiction, sources of law, law structure, genre, function (of statutes and regulations and their translation) and context, and micro-level textual specificities of statutes and regulations and their translation. Strategies used to solve specific terminological and phraseological translation problems. Research techniques and use o appropriate references and tools when translating legislation.

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Legal Translation: Securities Law (French to English).

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Translation of securities documents from French to English. Introduction to the statutes, regulations and rules governing the distribution of financial products and services in Canada. Practical translation exercises include prospectus offerings, regulatory documents, judgments in securities cases, corporate securities compliance documents and shareholders agreements.

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Current Trends in Legal Translation.

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Selected current trends related to legal translation.

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Principles of Jurilinguistics .

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Introduction to the field of jurilinguistics. Examination of jurilinguistic practices, including: drafting, legal translation, legal terminology development, revision, interpretation of law, and other aspects of legal language, such as readability and plain language.

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Introduction to Language Technologies.

Terms offered: Summer 2025

Identification and classification of different types of language technologies and their components. Introduction to computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools, translation management systems, machine translation and post-editing. Hands-on experience with CAT tools usage including the creation of translation memories, file alignment, creation of terminology databases and records, as well as the translation of documents in a translation editing environment. Principles of real life meta-learning (i.e., learning how to learn).

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Special Topics in Translation Studies.

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Selected topics in translation and translation studies.

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Independent Studies.

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Independent study under the guidance of a course supervisor specializing in the field of interest.

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Special Topics in Legal Translation 1.

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Selected topics in legal translation.

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