APPROACHING PLAIN LANGUAGE IN A LEGAL TRANSLATION CLASSROOM

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://connect.academics.education/index.php/ijlld/article/view/612" target="_blank" >https://connect.academics.education/index.php/ijlld/article/view/612</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.56498/1212024612" target="_blank" >10.56498/1212024612</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

APPROACHING PLAIN LANGUAGE IN A LEGAL TRANSLATION CLASSROOM

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Since plain language is a reality of today’s legal writing, though admittedly not as widespread as it could be, it should also be addressed in legal translation course going beyond a mere mention of the plain language movement and its contrasting with legalese. Therefore, this paper will discuss why and how legal translation trainees should be introduced to the principles of plain language in a systematic way, especially with reference to English. The use of plain language may involve two dilemmas for legal translation trainees. First, when asked to translate an English legal document written in plain language, they may need to decide whether to keep the style in the translation into a language in which plain legal documents may be less widespread. Second, when translating into English trainees may face a dilemma whether to apply the principles of plain language or seek inspiration from parallel documents which may be written in legalese rather than plain language. The second dilemma is especially acute when translating to English as a foreign language. It is believed that any dilemma is easier to tackle when the person facing it is equipped with a systematic decision-making approach. Accordingly, the paper will present a series of activities to raise trainees’awareness of the principles of plain language, the use of relevant resources,and the compliance with such principles in legal drafting, including the grey zone of “false legalese”,as well as activities to be able to make informed and reasoned decisions on transferring plain language features from English into other languages, as well as on applying plain language principles when translating legal documents into English. The exercises will be based on authentic materials and adaptable to different language pairs involving English as well as different teaching contexts.

Název v anglickém jazyce

APPROACHING PLAIN LANGUAGE IN A LEGAL TRANSLATION CLASSROOM

Popis výsledku anglicky

Since plain language is a reality of today’s legal writing, though admittedly not as widespread as it could be, it should also be addressed in legal translation course going beyond a mere mention of the plain language movement and its contrasting with legalese. Therefore, this paper will discuss why and how legal translation trainees should be introduced to the principles of plain language in a systematic way, especially with reference to English. The use of plain language may involve two dilemmas for legal translation trainees. First, when asked to translate an English legal document written in plain language, they may need to decide whether to keep the style in the translation into a language in which plain legal documents may be less widespread. Second, when translating into English trainees may face a dilemma whether to apply the principles of plain language or seek inspiration from parallel documents which may be written in legalese rather than plain language. The second dilemma is especially acute when translating to English as a foreign language. It is believed that any dilemma is easier to tackle when the person facing it is equipped with a systematic decision-making approach. Accordingly, the paper will present a series of activities to raise trainees’awareness of the principles of plain language, the use of relevant resources,and the compliance with such principles in legal drafting, including the grey zone of “false legalese”,as well as activities to be able to make informed and reasoned decisions on transferring plain language features from English into other languages, as well as on applying plain language principles when translating legal documents into English. The exercises will be based on authentic materials and adaptable to different language pairs involving English as well as different teaching contexts.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60202 - Specific languages

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

International Journal of Law, Language &amp; Discourse

ISSN

1839-8308

e-ISSN

1839-8308

Svazek periodika

12

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

PH - Filipínská republika

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

41-60

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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