Can AI provide sworn translations for court use?
Liechtenstein as strategic cybersecurity hub
Leisure management
Let us imagine that Bruce Springsteen wants to come to Como. Not for a concert this time, but for personal reasons: to play tennis, giving his children an opportunity to train, work out, and grow up in a high-level, authentic and well-structured sporting environment. Bruce isn’t looking for just another tennis court or club, but […]
International succession
The scenario: a person of cosmopolitan assets, with an apartment with a view of Manhattan, an elegant villa on Lake Como, bank accounts scattered around the globe, and shareholdings in thriving American company. It is a mosaic of an estate that, at the time of his sudden death, becomes a puzzle for his heirs to […]
Mario Vargas Llosa grappling with a power of attorney
Picture the scene. Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, is at his home in Lima with a mundane matter to deal with. He has to sell a small flat in Mantua, bought on impulse one late afternoon in 2001 during the Literature Festival, when, enchanted by the Po Valley sunset and a dinner […]
When Humour Meets the Notary: Woody Allen Buys a House in Como
Picture Woody Allen arriving at Lake Como: thick glasses, hands in his pockets, wearing that familiar expression somewhere between anxious and bewildered. He’s not here looking for inspiration for a new film (it is easy to imagine Diane Keaton shouting from a lakefront terrace), but for a villa. A real Lake Como villa. Quiet, elegant, […]
From Fëdor Dostoevskij to Fiodor Dostoïevski: the importance of the “Certificate of Same Person”
От Fëdor Dostoevskij до Fiodor Dostoïevski: бюрократический лабиринт идентичности Транслитерация русских имен — это таинственное и меняющееся со временем искусство, как время в Санкт-Петербурге. Возьмем, к примеру, Федора Достоевского — это могут быть три разных написания: на английском – Fyodor Dostoevsky , на французском – Fiodor Dostoïevski, а испанском – Fiódor Dostoyevski, и это, – не […]
Cicero vs Artificial Intelligence
Cicero vs Artificial Intelligence What would the renowned Roman orator and translator think of AI if he could use it today? Our own writers have tackled the topic with their customary irony and seriousness. If Cicero had had the chance to experience artificial intelligence, he would probably have first set about testing its limits, trying […]
