<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper deals with problems of legal translation from Polish into
Spanish. It analyses selected terms related to contracts which are regulated
in the Polish Civil Code and their possible translations into Spanish. In order
to find adequate translation equivalents the author applies the method of
parametrisation of legal terms (along with the method of comparing parallel
texts and the skopos theory). The parametrisation of legal terms helps to systematically
characterise and compare them and thus to identify differences in
the meanings of the source language and target language terms and to choose
the best equivalents. It may also facilitate the selection of a technique of providing
translation equivalents for non-equivalent or partially equivalent terms.
Parametrisation is understood as determining for each analysed term a set of
properties it shows with respect to translationally relevant parameters – one
property out of each parameter. A parameter is conceived of as a set of homogeneous
properties.</p></abstract>

The paper deals with problems of legal translation from Polish into
Spanish. It analyses selected terms related to contracts which are regulated
in the Polish Civil Code and their possible translations into Spanish. In order
to find adequate translation equivalents the author applies the method of
parametrisation of legal terms (along with the method of comparing parallel
texts and the skopos theory). The parametrisation of legal terms helps to systematically
characterise and compare them and thus to identify differences in
the meanings of the source language and target language terms and to choose
the best equivalents. It may also facilitate the selection of a technique of providing
translation equivalents for non-equivalent or partially equivalent terms.
Parametrisation is understood as determining for each analysed term a set of
properties it shows with respect to translationally relevant parameters – one
property out of each parameter. A parameter is conceived of as a set of homogeneous
properties.

A Parameter-based Method for Translating Polish Contract Law Terms into Spanish

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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The paper deals with problems of legal translation from Polish into
Spanish. It analyses selected terms related to contracts which are regulated
in the Polish...

A Parameter-based Method for Translating Polish Contract Law Terms into Spanish

Published Online: Jul 14, 2016

Page range: 277 - 287

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2016-0029

Keywords
legal translation, Polish-Spanish translation, parametrisation, legal terminology

© Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

A Parameter-based Method for Translating Polish Contract Law Terms into Spanish

Published Online: Jul 14, 2016

Page range: 277 - 287

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2016-0029

Keywordslegal translation, Polish-Spanish translation, parametrisation, legal terminology

© Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
legal translation, Polish-Spanish translation, parametrisation, legal terminology