In this first episode of Trinity Term 2023, Chen discusses the historical foundations, politics and evolution of legal translation in the EU with Professors Alice Leal (Witswatersrand) and Martina Bajčić (Rijeka). They also discuss the cultural implications and challenges of having versions of treaties and judgments in 27 Member State languages; and the impact of recent developments such as Brexit on the role of English, and on the status of member state languages more widely. Professor Martina Bajčić is the Head of the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Rijeka and an Associate Professor of the Law Faculty. Her research and teaching interests are in the area of legal terminology, multilingual aspects of EU law, LSP and institutional translation and interpretation, on which she has published an impressive plethora of books and ar ...