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LT6514 - Advanced Legal Translation

Offering Academic Unit
Department of Linguistics and Translation
Credit Units
3
Course Duration
One semester
Pre-cursor(s)
LT6505, CTL6505
Equivalent Course(s)
CTL6514
Course Offering Term*:
Not offering in current academic year

* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice
 
Course Aims

This course aims to help students understand and explore the specific translation problems arising from law and the lexical, syntactic, semantic, discoursal, pragmatic, and sociolinguistic features of legal texts.  It develops their analytical and critical ability for tackling the subtle and complex problems inherent in the translation of difficult legal texts.

Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information)

Continuous Assessment: 70%
Examination: 30%
Examination Duration: 2 hours
 
Detailed Course Information

LT6514.pdf

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Department of Linguistics and Translation