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| Course Name | Reading English Translations of Japanese Law (Legal Reading) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | Expert Competence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year Taken | First or Second Year | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Offered Major/ Type of Course | Major 4 / Elective | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Classes | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. of Credit | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Professor | Yoshiharu Ishida Email address : yishida@babel.co.jp Phone number : 81-03-3265-6069 Webpage : none Social media account : Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100019296692357 Virtual working hours : 10:00 am to 5:30 pm(Japan Time) |
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| Instructor | Yoshichika Shimamura Email Address : Phone Number : Webpage : none Social Media Account : noneVirtual working hours : 10:00 am to 5:30 pm (Japan Time) |
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| Course Description | Read Japanese law in English and brush up legal English skills. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Policy | Since it is very important for legal translator to read large quantity of legal documents in both Japanese and English, Professor Yoshiharu Ishida was asked to develop the course by Babel University. Professor Ishida developed this lecture course with 16 kinds of law related reading materials such as the reading from the Family Law that is familiar with translators, the Inheritance Law , the Civil Law, the Constitution, the Criminal Law, the Criminal Procedure Code, a Civil Proceedings Act, the Labor Standards Law, Copyright Act, Patent Law, and the Antitrust Law. This lecture course was registered in 2004. |
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| Course Objective | Have students obtain increased English legal document reading proficiency through practice translating Japanese laws into English. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | Students who have successfully completed this course will be able to easily read English-written statues. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Progression | 1. Read core course material and obtain knowledge on English comprehension and translation techniques 2. Following the instructions, work on practice questions by reading and translating legal text, and submit assignment 3. Listen to audio lecture and use Q&A for any queries |
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| Deliverables (Course Text etc.) | Basic textbookExercise Workbook Read a wide variety of Japanese law in English throughout 16 lectures, and by reading the Japanese and then the translated English version, learn legal English effectively. Includes 16 laws from ‘Civil Code, Relatives' to 'Patent Law'.* Authored originally by Professor for this course. Copyrighted by Babel University Professional School of Translation. * Revised in November 2012 |
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| Course Outline | 16 lessons of lectures and reading law in English
Using the course guide, read on the purpose of the lecture, description of course material, and method of study followed by listening to the audio lecture.
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| Grade Evaluation and Course Requirement | 1. Assignments (All assignments must be submitted) 2. Final Exam (Minimum Course Requirement: B or above) Submission papers will be returned with the evaluation sheet, which states evaluation marking and comments as well as corrections with rubrics. *Minimum Course Requirement: B or above |
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Revised in January 2014