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Plain language for clear and accessible legal translations

October 20, 2023 By Law Division 2 Comments

By Rebecca Porwit The plain language movement gained traction in the 20th century with a push to simplify legal and government documents. In 1979, the Plain English Campaign was founded in London to combat “gobbledegook, jargon and legalese.” This was also the year Richard Wydick’s Plain English for Lawyers was published. But why is clear […]

Filed Under: LawD Expert Insights, LawD Guest Contribution Tagged With: jargon, legal jargon, Legal Spanish, Legal Translation, legal writing, legalese, plain language, Spanish, Spanish translation

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