CORPORATE ARTICLES

Lexington relocates its headquarters to Globalworth Romania

Mirus Group becomes the tenant of Globalworth, the leading office investor in Central and Eastern Europe and the office market leader in Romania. The leased area amounts to 700 square meters and is brokered by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox…

ROMANIAN LEGISLATIVE CHALLENGES IN THE LIGHT OF THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

 - Short notes on the constitutional rights implications - As an European country facing the pandemic caused by the SARs-CoV-2 virus, Romania has had to adapt the legislative framework to the current social needs at a fast pace. Among the…

Unconstitutional legislative amendments in the consumer protection field

Recently, the new additions and amendments brought to Government Ordinance No. 13/2011 on legal remunerative and default interest for monetary indebtedness, as well as for the regulation of some financial and fiscal measures in the banking field,…

Changes brought to day workers law

Law no. 52/2011 on the performance of occasional activities by day workers (“Law 52/2011”) was further amended by Government Emergency Ordinance no. 26/2019 (“GEO 26/2019”) on amending and supplementing certain legislative acts, based…

New restrictions regarding the use of day workers in 2019

In a recent amendment to Law no. 52/2011 on the performance of occasional activities by day workers (“Law 52/2011”), the Romanian Government severely restricted the use of day workers and imposed additional obligations on both the day workers…

Increase in the National Minimum Gross Wage for 2019.

Government Decision no. 937/2018 on establishing the national minimum gross basic wage guaranteed for payment (“GD 937/2018”), published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no. 1045, on 10.12.2018, provides for an increase in the…

Quarterly distribution of dividends

According to Law no. 163/2018 on amending and supplementing Accounting Law no. 82/1991, Companies Law no. 31/1990, as well as on amending Law no. 1/2005 on the organization and functioning of cooperative companies (“Law 163/2018”), published…

Information obtained from the Romanian Trade Registry

The professionals registered with the Trade Registry and any other interested individuals may obtain information on all the records entered in the trade registry with regard to a company, having the following available options: A. Options…

LANGUAGE ARTICLES

LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION INDUSTRY IN THE POST-BREXIT CONTEXT AT EU LEVEL

Language dynamics post-Brexit One of the key questions in the field of translations was whether English remained the main official language in the post-Brexit context. Indeed, it remained the official language of the EU after Britain left EU,…

IS GERMAN THE SAME EVERYWHERE? GERMAN IN GERMANY, AUSTRIA OR SWITZERLAND

When discussing the German language, it can sometimes be tempting to think of it purely in terms of its use within Germany, which is by far the largest German-speaking country in the world. When we think of German, Germany comes straight to…

LANGUAGE CHANGES BROUGHT BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Languages evolve and adapt to new realities and circumstances. The COVID-19 outbreak has not been an exception. Since day one, we saw newly coined words being used across social media, memes, and even mainstream media. In 2020, we witnessed…

TRADUCTOLOGY – TRANSLATION -TRANSLATOR

We know that few people are aware of what this complex cultural phenomenon of translation entails. Below, we will address some major aspects, from the translation perceived as a rewrite, to the possibilities and chances of a successful literary…

LANGUAGES IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS

It is no secret that the world as we know it may never be the same again after the end of the current situation humanity is facing. Never before have globalization and our adjustment skills been put to such stress-test. Never before has the…

CALQUE”: INSIDIOUS OR INNOVATIVE?

In linguistics, a calque is actually a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal, word-for-word translation. The term calque is borrowed from French and it derives from the verb “calquer” which means “to copy”, “to trace”.…

TRANSLATION & LOCALIZATION IN HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Often, when people think about translation and translators, in broad terms, they still have the image of a bookworm, thick glasses on their noses, frantically typing words… maybe even surrounded by dusty old books, in a library-type setting.…

FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY ROMANIANS

Over 70% of Romanians believe that every European should know at least one foreign language and 60% believe that English is the best option for the future. According to a Eurobarometer survey on attitudes towards foreign languages and multilingualism,…

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