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Dictionaries for legal terms, German <-> English

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Gen
I need some help translating some legal and law terms and wondered if anyone could recommend a good legal dictionary -- German <-> English.
Snow White
I tend to use Dietl/Lorenz and Romain. I think they're quite expensive, but maybe the library will have copies. I can't give you any web links, unfortunately, as I prefer not to use online dictionaries for legal translations - I'm never sure how reliable they are. Hope this helps.
sun-by
Try: www.translegal.com

Another good source for "beginners" who need to learn/understand Legal English is: "International Legal English" ILEC prep book pub'd by Cambridge U. and distrib'd by Klett.
DDBug
I have an older Dietl at home - I won't touch legal translations if I can help it, even though I did pre-law in the states. Won't be back until thursday evening though if it can wait that long. I may have another one too, come to think of it... (I should really go through my old books..)
Gen
Thanks all, those are great tips! And no, it wasn't for me, I wouldn't touch legal translations with a ten-foot pole, but "a friend" has lots more time than I do... come to think of it he did pre-law too, but it was 40 years ago. Wonder if it helped.
DDBug
Couldn't have hurt! laugh.gif I remember things from School and Uni sometimes faster than spent more time learning a few years ago. May bring a list of unused dictionaries to the next meetup though, spring cleaning and all that.
Eleanor Rigby
Some information to be found here.

German - English legal translations
Lorelei
I can highly recommend this one: "Dictionary of Legal and Commercial Terms" by Alfred Romain, published by C.H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich.
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