Examines some of the difficulties involved in the legal use of the term "raison social" in Quebec law, and makes recommendations for improving the situation through new terminology. (AM)

Discusses translation problems resulting from semantic differences in legal and sociopolitical vocabulary, and the translator's responsibility in exposing erroneous or false presuppositions found in the source document. (AM)

Discusses the noun-plus-adjective construction in contemporary German and problems in translating this pattern into English. (AM)

Reviews the grammatical, semantic, and stylistic difficulties in translating English passive constructions into French. (AM)

Several exercises are presented that are intended to challenge and "limber up" the translator's manipulation of words, meanings, and connotations. The exercises point up the complexity of the translating task and encourage the translator to make the most of this fact. The focus is on French and English. (MSE)