Ep. 31: Tom West on Writing Dictionaries

About this episode

In this episode, we discuss with Tom West the process and motivation behind writing his three legal dictionaries for various foreign languages.

We speak with Tom West on how and why he wrote 3 legal dictionaries for 4 different foreign languages. Tom's dictionaries: 1. Spanish-English Dictionary of Law and Business 2. Trilingual Swiss Law Dictionary: French-German English, German-French-English 3. Swedish-English Law Dictionary: Svensk-engelsk juridikordbok

People in this episode

Guest: Tom West

Topics covered

• dictionaries
• legal translation
• language learning
• publishing
• interview

Keywords

• legal dictionaries
• Spanish-English Dictionary of Law and Business
• Trilingual Swiss Law Dictionary
• Swedish-English Law Dictionary
• language translation

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Spanish-English Dictionary of Law and Business, Trilingual Swiss Law Dictionary, Swedish-English Law Dictionary

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