UN APERÇU DES DÉFIS DE LA TRADUCTION JURIDIQUE : À LA RECHERCHE DES SOLUTIONS
AN OVERVIEW OF THE CHALLENGES OF LEGAL TRANSLATION: IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to establish an overview of the main particularities and difficulties found in the field of legal translation, as well as to examine possible solutions. The introductory considerations relate to the issue of translation and equivalence in general, as well as to the double dimension of the equivalence of a legal text and the notion of functional equivalent. The challenges of legal translation are examined through the combination of six elements: the question of the legal norm and its consequences on translation, the non-concordance of legal concepts between different languages, the specificity and diversity of languages and cultures within which the law is elaborated, the question of equivalence of legal effects, the possibility of translating the law and the variety of fields, a new aspect specific in particular to EU law. Finally, the question of the education of legal translators is considered in the context of the choice between translation and legal skills, or preferably, the fusion of the two.

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