EPSO Lawyer-Linguist case studies
EPSO Lawyer-Linguist · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The EPSO Lawyer-Linguist profile describes a specialist EU recruitment route for lawyers who translate legal texts, typically into a single target language, for institutions such as the Court of Justice, the Commission and the Council. Candidates are normally law graduates with near-native command of the target language and strong reading knowledge of other EU languages. The EPSO Lawyer-Linguist case studies are 5 cases and about 2,888 words.
1The Unpublished Judgment and the Ambiguous 'Mesures d’instruction'
You are translating a 1,150-word excerpt from a General Court judgment (French into English) for an internal training pack on procedural law. The excerpt discusses the Court’s handling of 'mesures d’instruction' and 'mesures provisoires'.
552 words, about 3 min2The Infringement Package and the Missing 'Transposition'
You are translating from French into English a Commission press release announcing infringement proceedings. The French text says the Member State has failed to notify 'les mesures de transposition' of Directive 2019/… and has also failed to adopt 'les mesures d’exécution' required by Regulation 2020/… .
585 words, about 3 min3The Dangling 'Provided That' in a Draft Decision
You are revising an English translation of a draft Commission decision. The source sentence, originally in French, reads: 'L’autorité peut accorder une exemption sous réserve que l’entreprise ait déposé les documents visés à l’article 4, paragraphe 2, et que les conditions de l’article 5 soient remplies, sans préjudice de l’article 6.' The translator rendered it: 'The authority may grant an exemption provided that the undertaking has submitted the documents referred to in Article 4(2) and that the conditions laid down in Article 5 are met, without prejudice to Article 6.' The reviser flags two problems: 'provided that' may read as a condition on 'may grant' or on 'submitted', and 'without prejudice to Article 6' is ambiguous because it could attach to the exemption or to the conditions.
586 words, about 3 min4The 28-Page Urgency and the Arithmetic of Revision
You coordinate translation of a 28-page draft regulation for a Council working party. The text averages 650 words per page, so 18,200 words.
614 words, about 3 min5The Termbase Conflict in a Preliminary Reference
You are translating a request for a preliminary ruling from Polish into English. The national court’s order uses 'sąd odsyłający' (referring court), 'pytanie prejudycjalne' (question referred), and 'zawieszenie postępowania' (stay of proceedings).
551 words, about 3 min