Comparative law notes
Wiki defined a jurist as "an expert of law or someone who researches jurisprudence. Such a person can be an academic (legal scholar), legal writer, law lecturer and law practitioner (lawyer), depending on legislation in the respective jurisdiction. Professionally, in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and in many other Commonwealth nations, the word jurist sometimes refers to a barrister and solicitor, whereas in the United States of America it often refers to a judge." Given the range of meanings that are attributed to this English term and that depend on the translation's target audience, translators should exercise caution when using it as a translation for the German language term "Jurist". The English term does have the same umbrella quality as the German term inasmuch as it can apply to wide range of formally educated lawyers: legal researchers, law lecturers, practicing lawyers, etc.), but the term jurist has a bit of an academic and imprecise connotation, at least in the US. If the context warrants a more precise explanation of a German Jurist, a better translation would be "academically qualified but unlicensed jurist".
