Proper Names in the Legal Terminology of the English Language

Khizhnyak, Sergey P.; Zaraiskiy, Alexander A.

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“…The Role of Legal Translation in the Interpretation of International Law Documents by Farrokhi (2019) studies legal translation in light of both Anglo-Saxon and Asian legal systems, states the importance of legal translation within the framework of international law documentation and provides valuable application experience from International Court of Justice, World Trade Organization and European Union Institutions. The article by Khizhnyak & Zaraiskiy (2020) deals with the issue of coining terminology and nomenclature signs, the intersection of Russian and English linguistic areas of terminology and onomastics. The authors come to the conclusion that "the meanings of nomenclature signs with proper names specify those of the terms in the hierarchical structure of the terminological system and in particular legal situations".…”

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Peculiarities of the English Legal Text Discourse: The Issues of Interpretation and Translatability

Bobrova¹,

Lebedev²,

Pinkovetskaia³

2020

TAKSAD

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The growth of international cooperation, trade, tourism and emigration arouses the interest of both linguists and legal experts in the theory and practice of legal translation. The existing difference in the laws of countries, basic features typical of Russian and English legal discourse should be taken into account when dealing with juridical texts. The issue of adequate transfer of the content of legal documents is of importance when translating from one language to another. To identify the basic features typical of the English juridical vocabulary and to offer a methodology for solving the problems occurring when translating juridical texts, the authors implement the methods of syntactic, vocabulary, comparative and comparative translation analysis. The studied material is certain lexemes (commonly used words, terminology, professionalisms, Latinisms, abbreviations and idioms), legal texts (court rulings, legal contracts, official business documents) taken from the authentic British and American legal sources as well as examples from the authors' translation and teaching practices. The authors believe that a retrospective analysis of conditions contributing to Legal English historic development will facilitate sufficient comprehension of subject areas constituting legal discourse. The findings indicate that the difference between the Russian and English juridical lexemes is conditioned by both linguistic and extra-linguistic factors.

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Peculiarities of the English Legal Text Discourse: The Issues of Interpretation and Translatability

Bobrova¹,

Lebedev²,

Pinkovetskaia³

2020

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“…The peculiarities of legal terminology and legal concepts are analyzed in the works of such linguists as Khizhnyak (2020), Khizhnyak and Zaraiskiy (2020), Varshamova et al (2019), Kuznecova and Kalmazova (2020), Volgina (2017), Semenova (2019) and others.…”

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The Concept Of Defamation In The Russian And American Law: Comparative Analysis

Kuznetsova¹

2022

European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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The article analyzes the key characteristics of the concept defamation in Russian and American law. This concept is of current importance in modern information society and the legislation connected with it has been changed recently in both legal systems. The aim of the research is achieved with the help of such method as component analysis of the terminological meanings of lexical units representing the concept, which is supplemented by a logical analysis of the accompanying information, which is presented in various legal texts. Comparative analysis of the key characteristics of the concept in Russian and American cultures allows the author to show similarities and differences that exist in the perception of this concept in these two legal systems. The Russian legal concept of defamation is more precise as it defined in one of the articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. In American law, the term defamation is disclosed in a large number of laws of individual states that vary significantly in some aspects. At the federal level and in most states, defamation is a civil wrong, not a crime. Another significant difference between the two concepts of defamation is the greater protection for citizens from defamation claims filed by public figures in the American law.

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“…"It is likely that not only the ways of coining of such terminological units, but also their semantic characteristics and systematic relations with other units in languages for specific purposes belonging to one national language or its variants, may vary. One can find even more differences in using such units in the variety of languages due to linguistic and extra-linguistic (cultural) factors influencing their development" [12]. They stress that linguistic units with proper names possess a cultural specificity in legal English as compared to terminology of the Russian 2 system of law.…”

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“…These contributed to the emergence of terms with the meanings of rules (Rewe/Comet doctrine, Rewe/Comet formula or Rewe/Comet rule). The structure of the constructed terms depends not only on intra-linguistic factors but also on the extra-linguistic situation, mainly the need to denote the phenomena that emerged after consideration of cases in courts with the help of structurally and semantically uniform constructions [12]. A proper name in the structure of a nomenclature sign, as well as in the structure of a term, is a means of reference to a conceptual sphere and to the extra-linguistic factor, which generated the emergence of such units [12].…”

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The Role of Culture in Legal Languages, Legal Interpretation and Legal Translation

Piszcz

Sierocka

2020

Int J Semiot Law

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The aim of this short essay is to highlight and concisely explore-but not address in depth-some cultural aspects related to legal languages, legal interpretation and legal translation. We would like to consider briefly the following questions: How can elements of legal language, as exemplified by proper names and euphemisms, be connected with cultural (extra-linguistic) factors influencing language units' formation? How can judicial discourse reflect the culture of a given justice system? How can the legal interpretation affect the degree of legal culture? Are theories of legal interpretation universal or applicable to specific legal cultures? What is the impact of culture on the context of legal translation? How can the cultural background affect the decision to use terms in translation? How does cyberculture impact legal translation?

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Proper Names in the Legal Terminology of the English Language

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

Peculiarities of the English Legal Text Discourse: The Issues of Interpretation and Translatability

Peculiarities of the English Legal Text Discourse: The Issues of Interpretation and Translatability

The Concept Of Defamation In The Russian And American Law: Comparative Analysis

The Role of Culture in Legal Languages, Legal Interpretation and Legal Translation

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