Les contrats de travail en Italie et en France : un enjeu plurilingue pour les entreprises ?

Abstract

The knowledge of the vocabulary of labour contracts in the language/culture of countries which are commercial partners is an important skill when one aims to obtain fruitful collaborations and a better transparency of economic relations.In this paper, we address the question of teaching/learning of terms which are related to contracts between the employer and the employee, in the perspective of functional multilingualism. We have experienced teaching this topic in the framework of the course of Italian professional communication (L.E.A. classes), for French students. After a survey of some special characteristics of Italian labour contracts, the students have been asked to make a comparison between the models of French and Italian labour contracts, in order to identify the differences of language/culture and juridical language/culture. This work helps the students to use the Italian terms properly, in the perspective of a future job in Italy.

Keywords

• functional plurilingualism
• labour contracts
• legal language/culture
• legal terminology