In this first episode of Trinity Term 2023, Chen discusses the historical foundations, politics and evolution of legal translation in the EU with Professors Alice Leal (Witswatersrand) and Martina Bajčić (Rijeka). They also discuss the cultural implications and challenges of having versions of treaties and judgments in 27 Member State languages; and the impact of recent developments such as Brexit on the role of English, and on the status of member state languages more widely. Professor Martina Bajčić is the Head of the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Rijeka and an Associate Professor of the Law Faculty. Her research and teaching interests are in the area of legal terminology, multilingual aspects of EU law, LSP and institutional translation and interpretation, on which she has published an impressive plethora of books and articles in journals including Perspectives and the International Journal of Language & Law. Professor Alice Leal has studied, taught and researched in Brazil and Austria, and is now Head of the Translation and Interpretation Studies department at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. Alice has written prolifically on the epistemology, politics and philosophy of legal translation. Her second book, Language policy and the future of Europe, co-written with Sean O’Riain, will be published by Routledge in June of this year.