Local vs. international legal cultures : the linguistic confrontation
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Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 1 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.274-283, 10 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2014-12-31
Country of Publication
Algeria
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Abstract EN
Translating is an act of transfer of a word—or an expression—along with its internal meanings from a source language text to a target language text.
But translating word for word can never be possible: every language has its own characteristics and its own autonomy.
Worse is the translation between languages that do not belong to the same roots, as French vs.
Arabic, or languages that are half cognates, as Anglo-Saxon vs.
French, ...etc.
Besides this difficulty, the field of specialization is another obstacle in translation, mainly for those who are specialized in a field but are not translators.
My modest contribution raises the difficulties the translator faces in the field of legal system.
Most legal systems are specific, particular and culture-based.
Thus, there are some disparities between these systems all around the world.
It is, therefore, a challenging field in the domain of translation because of its linguistic register.
Then: How do we translate? What do we translate, mainly when the target language does not possess in its judicial system legal instances, as ‘barrister’, ‘advocate’,...etc.? The register uncommonness makes the translator, who has no clear-cut knowledge of legal linguistic and semantic nature, imprisoned or handicapped.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bu Raqabi, Salah. 2014. Local vs. international legal cultures : the linguistic confrontation. In Translation،Vol. 2014, no. 1, pp.274-283.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bu Raqabi, Salah. Local vs. international legal cultures : the linguistic confrontation. In Translation No. 1 (Dec. 2014), pp.274-283.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Bu Raqabi, Salah. Local vs. international legal cultures : the linguistic confrontation. In Translation. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 1, pp.274-283.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 281-283
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BIM-963611