Gerold Harfst
am 06.09.2006 von Transblawg
Gerold Harfst has just published Übersetzungshilfe - Translation Tool ISBN apparently applied for), a collection of sections from German criminal law statutes translated into English. It can be ordered at www.antelfax.de (print out the form and post or fax it), as can Harfst’s earlier books.
There was a time when the only translations of the Strafgesetzbuch and Strafprozessordnung on the market were Harfst’s (earlier ones being out of print). The US forces in Europe had translations too, but they weren’t generally available.
Now there are translations of those statutes online (German Law Archive), although not of the Jugendgerichtsgesetz or Betäubungsmittelgesetz.
There are even a bio and photo of the author (presumably the shorter of the two) online.
I can’t recommend this book specifically since I haven’t seen it. I seem to remember the translations being thorough and quite good. The danger with this kind of book is that until you investigate a particular section, you can’t really judge the quality of the translation, and in order to do that you need some knowledge of German and American/English law (U.S. English is what Harfst refers to - in fact, he describes himself as an interpreter and translator of the ‘American’ language: Sachverständiger, Dolmetscher und Übersetzer für die amerikanische Sprache), but these translations are often relied on blindly by users.
Here’s an example from Harfst’s earlier translation of the Criminal Code (old translation, new StGB):
§ 26 Anstiftung. Als Anstifter wird gleich einem Täter bestraft, wer vorsätzlich einen anderen zu dessen vorsätzlich begangener rechtswidriger Tat bestimmt hat.
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