Name of the Project: Legal Systems and Immigration Law in the EU: Translating and Interpreting in Diversity
Project number: 2011-1-FR1-ERA10-25354
Project Coordinator: Universite de Bretagne-Sud [FR] | Contact person: Sandra Vessier
Type of Project: ERASMUS Intensive Programme
Project lifetime: 3 years, starting in 2011
Partners:
P1 – Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto [PT] | Contact person: Suzana Cunha
P2 – Universidade de Vigo [ES] | Contact person: Madame Cruces
P3 – Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal [FH] [DE] | Contact person: Madame Fehlauer-Lenz
P4 – Jihoceska Univerzita v Ceskych Budejovicich [CZ]) | Contact person: Monsieur Petru
P5 – Universitatea Tehnica de Constructii din Bucuresti [RO] | Contact person: Madame Manolescu
P6 – Ventspils Augstskola [LV] | Contact person: Madame Skrabane
Aims and Objectives
The ERASMUS Intensive Programme (IP) Legal Systems and Immigration Law in the EU: Translating and Interpreting in Diversity is a short programme of studies in the specialist field of translation and law.
During the intensive 15-day training programme, students and teachers from the partner countries are introduced to the legal systems of the participant countries and to immigration law within the European Union, as a means to complement translation and interpreting skills in this specialist domain.
Students are recruited among undergraduates of law or translation/interpreting courses in the 7 partner higher education institutions: France, Germany, Latvia, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and The Czech Republic.
Some of the activities of the programme of studies include:
- An introduction to the European Legal systems, and that of the organizing country.
- Workshops on the differences in the legal systems of the partner countries.
- An introduction to the Law of Immigration in Europe and in the organizing country.
- Visits to the courts.
- Presentations and debates on the profile of the sworn/certified translator: skills, resources, ethics, guaranties.
- Practice carried out in multilingual, multinational and multicultural teams.
Besides contributing to the development of students competences in the specialist fields of legal translation and court interpreting, the IP also contributes to strengthen cooperation among the partner higher education institutions.
Coordination of the project in ISCAP / Researchers involved:
Prof. Suzana Cunha
Prof. Deolinda Meira
Prof. Isabelle Tulekian
Prof. Manuel Silva
Prof. André Martins
Prof. Tiago Fernandes
