Plain language movement and legal translation : an analytical study of two translations of a contract of lease from Arabic into English
Other Title(s)
حركة تيسير اللغة القانونية و الترجمة : دراسة تحليلية في ترجمتين لعقد إيجار من اللغة العربية إلى اللغة الإنكليزية
Joint Authors
Jumah, Muayyad Jumah
Ghaib, Rafid Abd al-Amir
Source
Journal of the College of Languages
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 36 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.215-233, 19 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Languages
Publication Date
2017-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
19
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Abstract EN
The present paper addresses one of the most challenging topics in translation; namely legal translation in the framework of two different approaches; the classical (formal) and the more recent (functional).
The latter approach is the outcome of the process of simplifying legal language known technically as Plain Language Movement.
The advent of this movement dates back to the 1950s, in response to the widely-held complain about the awkwardness of the legal register.
Within this framework, the salient features of legal language, at the various linguistic and textual levels, underwent reconsideration in favor of more publicly digested expressions.
The paper then subjects two translations of a lease contract to analysis in the light of the formal/functional dichotomy.
These two texts are taken from textbooks widely accredited to train students legal translation at the Iraqi universities.
The analysis revealed that the translators did not adhere to one specific approach; rather they moved smoothly from one approach to another.
This is a promising change in attitude towards the rather flexible approach, and departing from the rather static one.
The paper finally suggests some guidelines for investing this new tendency in training translators who have been complaining about the rigorous nature of legal translation.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ghaib, Rafid Abd al-Amir& Jumah, Muayyad Jumah. 2017. Plain language movement and legal translation : an analytical study of two translations of a contract of lease from Arabic into English. Journal of the College of Languages،Vol. 2017, no. 36, pp.215-233.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ghaib, Rafid Abd al-Amir& Jumah, Muayyad Jumah. Plain language movement and legal translation : an analytical study of two translations of a contract of lease from Arabic into English. Journal of the College of Languages No. 36 (2017), pp.215-233.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-795279
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ghaib, Rafid Abd al-Amir& Jumah, Muayyad Jumah. Plain language movement and legal translation : an analytical study of two translations of a contract of lease from Arabic into English. Journal of the College of Languages. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 36, pp.215-233.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-795279
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 229-232
Record ID
BIM-795279