Chris Says Bye Jul 28, 2010:

Thanks Mette I stand corrected. So what we've got is the promulgation of a consolidated/consolidation/consolidating act. Which was pretty much the conclusion the last time this came up:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/danish_to_english/law_general/6587...

Mette Melchior Jul 27, 2010:

Consolidation vs. consolidated Maybe this is why Helen prefers "consolidated act" instead of "consolidation act"? I.e. since it is the consolidated version of an act.

Mette Melchior Jul 27, 2010:

Regarding "lovbekendtgørelse" As far as I know, a Danish "lovbekendtgørelse" does always consolidate existing legislation but you are right that the publication is only for administrative purposes. Whether or not "consolidation act" or "consolidated act" would be appropriate translations must be for others to decide. I am not a native English speaker and don't translate to English but just wanted to add the suggestion since I have seen this translation used.

Here is the definition from lovprocesguide.dk:
'En lovbekendtgørelse udstedes administrativt og er en sammenskrivning af den oprindelige lov og senere ændringslove.'

You can also see the explanation given here:
http://www.denstoredanske.dk/index.php?title=Samfund,_jura_o...

Chris Says Bye Jul 27, 2010:

Help! I'm not an expert on Danish law, but as I understand it:
1. A lovbekendtgørelse doesn't necessarily consolidate existing legislation. It could be a brand new piece of legislation.
2. A lovbekendtgørelse isn't the legislation itself, it's the publication of the legislation.
In other words, I understand it as the public notice of a new or updated act which may or may not be consolidating previous legislation. If I'm right, translating it as consolidation act could be doubly inappropriate. If I'm wrong, I'd love to know!!
(Although as I say, half the time I think plain "act" covers it!)

Mette Melchior Jul 26, 2010:

EU terminology To answer the question about terminology resources we would need to know which ones you already know ;-)

Apart from the DGT-TMs, EUR-LEX, IATE and EUROVOC for EU terminology, I recently became aware of this resource where you can search for translations of technical regulations from the different member states:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tris/index_en.htm

It is more cumbersome than searching EUR-LEX since you have to compare the different language versions manually, but I think it can be useful in relation to the translation of national law texts (not texts drafted by the EU) to find suggestions for translations of terms belonging to a specific country's legal system. You can also search for technical regulations relating to the subject you are translating.