Learning objectives:

1. 1. Learners will understand the reason for using legal styles in the courses of translating legal document.

1. 2. Learners will be provided with practical guidelines and established rules of translating legal documents.

1. 3. Master the key skills of translating different legal documents & court requirements, and will be capable of translating legal texts with ease.

Tranalators, Lawyers, Workers in Human Resourses, Contract sectiones, executives secretary and Office Managers.

writing skills – Responding to an initial enquiry by a potential client – e-mails and letters

• Formal and information language and structures
• Writing with clarity
• Identifying and connecting with the audience
• Selecting the most appropriate form of communication

Company law – Negotiation for setting up a company a role-play session involving the formation of a company, including:

• Legal persons
• Different structures
• Partnership
• Private and Public Limited Companies
• Share-holdings
• Voting rights
• Directors
• Corporate governance

CASE STUDY: Effective drafting and negotiating techniques (Part 1) Delegates will be split into teams and asked to negotiate the detail of a distribution agreement under the guidance of the expert trainer, including:

• The language of consensus and agreement
• Modals of obligation
• Techniques in legal negotiations
• Trade-offs
• Deal breakers

Best practice drafting techniques

• Reasons for drafting in English and common problems encountered
• Key legal terminology

Basic principles of good drafting

• Structuring the contract
• Using plain English
• Avoiding legalese
• Achieving clarity, precision and avoiding ambiguity

EXERCISE: Good Drafting Techniques Delegates will be asked to redraft a selection of badly drafted clauses from corporate and commercial agreements.

CASE STUDY: Effective drafting and negotiating techniques (Part 2) Delegates will draft clauses to reflect the agreements reached in Day 2’s negotiation. Issues to be focused on, include:

• Application of the principles of clear drafting
• Transfer from spoken language (for example, negotiation) to written (for example contract)
• Ensuring absolute clarity
• Operative and boilerplate clauses

Loan finance this session will focus on different types of corporate finance, including:

• Loans and credit facilities
• Share issues

Negotiating a bank loan, including drafting selected clauses this session looks at the language of negotiations, including:

• Using conditionals
• Making suggestions
• Agreeing and disagreeing
• Setting conditions

Negotiating a joint venture and its funding

• Language of meetings
• Introductions
• Presenting and eliciting information
• Expressing opinions
• Canvassing views
• Defining roles and obligations
• Levels and returns on investment

ROLE-PLAY: Negotiating a Joint Venture Agreement this is a role-play session in which delegates will act in teams to represent the parties in a potential joint venture, focusing on the key areas listed above.

Giving advice – Selecting the right language

• Revision of conditionals
• Model verbs
• Persuasive language
• Setting out consequences
• Using comparatives

Delegates will be given briefs on which to provide clients with advice on a range of issues.

CASE STUDY: Using the English Language Effectively Delegates will be split into teams and asked to use the skills and language developed during the course in a role-play centering on an aspect of relevant law.

Review of the course

Question and answer session

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration.