Legal Portuguese/English Dictionary Thread poster: Marlene Curtis
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Marlene Curtis 
United States
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Hi, friends
Do you know a good legal Portuguese/English/Portuguese Dictionary you can recommend? Do you think the Noronha dictionary is good and reliable? (I had a few bad reports on it and am left with no options). Thank you very much in advance!
| | | | | Dicionário Jurídico | Nov 29, 2007 |
Hi Marlcurtis,
Although I do not specialize in legal translations, when needed I use:
'Dicionário Jurídico' PT/EN - EN/PT de Maria Chaves de Mello - Editora Elfos
Espero que ajude
Mafalda
| | | | Latin_Hellas (X)
United States
Local time: 04:10
Italian to English
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| Reference web page to order? | Nov 29, 2007 |
Mafalda, do you have a web page from which one can order (preferably in CD-Rom)?
I did a search, found references to the dictionary, but nothing directly from the publishing house.
Thanks
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As far as legal goes, we get the short end of the stick in the PT/EN dictionary market.
Those available - or at least those I've seen (let me cover myself) - range from hopeless to barely adequate, which is borne out by the general lousy standard of PT/EN legal translations.
That said, those that do exist also target the US market, so are not much use this side of the pond.
I've just been sent a translation (totalling some 36,000 words) with a request from ... See more As far as legal goes, we get the short end of the stick in the PT/EN dictionary market.
Those available - or at least those I've seen (let me cover myself) - range from hopeless to barely adequate, which is borne out by the general lousy standard of PT/EN legal translations.
That said, those that do exist also target the US market, so are not much use this side of the pond.
I've just been sent a translation (totalling some 36,000 words) with a request from the European Commission to the client to have it completely redone by a lawyer-linguist. The translator obviously didn't have a clue what he/she was doing and indiscriminately used these "wonderful resources" as the gospel.
The only good news is that a very good native EN translator, who is also a lawyer and based in Lisbon, is busy compiling what promises to be a best-seller. No idea though how far he is with it. Won't be a minute too soon when he's done.
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| dicionário jurídico | Nov 29, 2007 |
Hi Latin Helas,
I bought mine in Porto and unfortunately do not know of a web page to order it.
Hi Lawyer Linguist,
I believe you are absolutely right. Let us wait for the promised final compilation from Lisbon.
All the best,
Mafalda
| | | | Latin_Hellas (X)
United States
Local time: 04:10
Italian to English
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... Lawyer-Linguist for your excellent report and to Mafalda for responding.
Hopefully all those interested will be promptly informed if and when a good product comes out (hopefully also in CD-Rom).
| | | | Steven Capsuto
United States
Local time: 22:10
Member (2004)
Spanish to English
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As previously mentioned, there are some inadequate ones on the market and not much else.
I tend to supplement them by consulting the E.U.'s terminology database, IATE.
If all else fails, as an absolute last resort, I look up the nearest cognates in the excellent Spanish-English legal dictionaries on my shelf.
For some reason, Portuguese-English dictionaries of all types seem to be difficult to obtain, and either shortish or out of date.
| | | | | I'm going to try and find out ... | Nov 29, 2007 |
Latin_Hellas wrote:
... Lawyer-Linguist for your excellent report and to Mafalda for responding.
Hopefully all those interested will be promptly informed if and when a good product comes out (hopefully also in CD-Rom).
... the expected release date and will ask about a possible CD version.
Will post once I have some news.
Debs
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Pieter Merkx, M.A., B.Tr. (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 04:10
Spanish to Dutch
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| SLG
Local time: 04:10
Spanish to English
| Hi Lawyer-Linguist. Was this legal dictionary published? | Oct 24, 2012 |
[quote]Lawyer-Linguist wrote:
The only good news is that a very good native EN translator, who is also a lawyer and based in Lisbon, is busy compiling what promises to be a best-seller. No idea though how far he is with it. Won't be a minute too soon when he's done.
| | | | Huw Watkins
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:10
Member (2005)
Italian to English
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| I second that question! Any news? | Jul 4, 2015 |
[quote]SLG wrote:
Hi Lawyer-Linguist. Was this legal dictionary published?
Lawyer-Linguist wrote:
The only good news is that a very good native EN translator, who is also a lawyer and based in Lisbon, is busy compiling what promises to be a best-seller. No idea though how far he is with it. Won't be a minute too soon when he's done.
| | | | Inga Petkelyte
Portugal
Local time: 03:10
Lithuanian to Portuguese
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| Unfortunately | Jul 5, 2015 |
Lawyer-Linguist wrote:
... - range from hopeless to barely adequate...
Fully agree. In any of the dictionaries had landed in my hands, I would find awful things. It's since long ago that I spare myself from even looking for such kind of dictionaries, their usage would just jeopardize the credibility of my work.
Now I am curious about this new one - será, será que finalmente?..
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