<DIV align=justify> Comparative Legilinguistics (International Journal for Legal Communication) is published four times a year by the Faculty of Modern Languages and Literature, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznañ, Poland. We are pathfinders in mapping the contours of legal linguistics and legal translation especially in its comparative aspects. Comparative Legilinguistics is equally devoted to forensic linguistics, theory of the law and the intersection of legal language and legal translation. We publish articles, reviews and reports in English, French and German. Guest edited volumes may be published in Spanish, Italian, Chinese and Russian. The reviews are stored in the journal’s editorial office. The articles are peer-reviewed by two reviewers (double-blind review) via our online submission platform <A href="http://www.pressto.amu.edu.pl/">www.pressto.amu.edu.pl</A> with well-established expert reviewers from all over the world. The editors reserve the right to appoint a third reviewer in case of doubts. The editorial board reserves the right to publish selected articles without two reviews. We reserve a right to have one review in cases where the topic of the paper is very niche and it is not possible to find two competent reviewers. </DIV><DIV align=justify> Our aim is to make the papers available via an open access platform to allow the results of the research to reach a larger audience. We welcome submissions in English, French, German, Polish, Russian and Chinese. We encourage researchers to submit proposals for guest-edited Special Issues. Proposals should be sent to the EIC. The main aim of the journal is: <OL> <LI>to broaden knowledge in the field of legal languages and comparative legilinguistics (especially legal translation and court interpreting), </LI> <LI>to develop the co-operation between lawyers and linguists in the field of forensic linguistics, </LI> <LI>to develop co-operation between lawyers and linguists in the field of legal linguistics,　 </LI> <LI>to identify, promote and publish interdisciplinary and innovative research papers in legal linguistics, </LI> <LI>to present comparative studies on the legal reality of different legal languages and the impact of such differences on legal communication,　 </LI> <LI>to educate adepts of legal translation,　 </LI> <LI>to provide a forum of exchange of information between researchers investigating the intersection of language and law. </LI></OL> The scope of the journal encompasses legal linguistics, forensic linguistics, legal translation studies, legal interpreting, the history of legal language development, legal semiotics, legal discourses, the philosophy of legal languages, legal translation and interpretation models, the intersection between law and language, law and literature, as well as the relation between law and aesthetics. We publish original and high quality papers as well as reviews of books and research projects. </DIV>

International Journal for Legal Communication

Comparative Legilinguistics

<abstract><title style='display:none'>Abstract</title>Based on the Guideline for MTI Training Program established by China National Committee for MTI (Master of Translation and Interpreting) Education, this research makes a successive survey on the status quo of master education of legal translators and interpreters from 2014-2016 to trace the changes and problems revealed in the five major universities of political science and law in China. By comparing and analyzing the information and facts collected on the training target, curriculum setting, teaching staff, platform construction, practical training as well as the employment in those five universities, the authors sort out the diversified advantages and features of the five law schools, and probe into the existing problems and difficulties in common. On the grounds of the survey and interview conducted by the authors in the recent years, the authors put forward the solutions and suggestions on the improvement and future development of Chinese MTI education.</abstract>

Abstract

Dean, School of Foreign Languages, Northwest University of Political Science and Law.

Northwest University of Political Science and Law

Keywords

<article-title>MLTI Education in China: Current Situation, Challenges and Countermeasures</article-title>

MLTI Education in China: Current Situation, Challenges and Countermeasures

{"article-title":"MLTI Education in China: Current Situation, Challenges and Countermeasures"}

<abstract><title style='display:none'>Abstract</title>Legal language is hallmarked by a pedantic and user-<italic>un</italic>friendly jargon whose constructs are all but intuitive, not to mention the legal system specificity which makes it unique in every country. Second language (L2) learners or scholars, hence, may find it difficult to understand the language of the law; whereas translators may consider legal lexical phrases and patterns rather intricate to deal with. The literature claims that a practical way to deepen language knowledge can be found in the Web considered as corpus and in online corpora. This paper is aimed at exploring whether commercial search engines, Web concordancers and online specialised corpora can tackle the issues revolving around legal language. In particular, it will investigate whether Google advanced search and the Leeds Web concordancer can be used to meet the requirements of legal language learners, scholars and translators. Furthermore, it will address legal language queries (and results) in an online specialised corpus: the COCA. This paper will provide instances of the soundness of the above-mentioned online resources, especially when used jointly as cross-analysis tools. The shortcomings of one can, in fact, be compensated for by the other(s).</abstract>

<article-title>The Web as Corpus and Online Corpora for Legal Translations</article-title>

The Web as Corpus and Online Corpora for Legal Translations

{"article-title":"The Web as Corpus and Online Corpora for Legal Translations"}

<abstract><title style='display:none'>Abstract</title>The paper reports on a survey into the linguistic needs of law professionals in four European countries, with the aim of identifying their views on the importance and their use of foreign language skills as well as their preferences for ELP course content. The data, obtained from a questionnaire survey of 536 legal professionals from Poland, the Czech Republic, Croatia and Germany, show that while the respondents agree on many of the major points, there are also some differences conditioned by the respondents’ age and the specific tasks they perform in the legal profession. The article argues that these variables have to be taken into consideration in the LSP context because they determine some of the specific needs that need to be addressed in Legal English instruction. It is suggested that the findings about the lawyers’ self-perceived importance and preferred styles of learning are highly relevant for LSP practitioners, particularly when designing Legal English programmes and testing materials.</abstract>

Białystok Legal English Centre, Faculty of Law

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek

<article-title>Addressing the Needs of Lawyers in Legal English: A Comparative Study in Four European Union Countries</article-title>

Addressing the Needs of Lawyers in Legal English: A Comparative Study in Four European Union Countries

<abstract><title style='display:none'>Abstract</title>The author presents data gathered in an online survey questionnaire (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="https://www.interankiety.pl/i/RGmj5rDv">https://www.interankiety.pl/i/RGmj5rDv</ext-link>) which is a part of a broader research project related to the quality of translation of English language documents in the field of commercial law that are processed in the judicial registration proceedings in reference to the entities subject to registration at the Register of Entrepreneurs of the National Court Register (RP, KRS). The questions and hypotheses posed by the author relate to the relationship or comparison of nation-wide data concerning cases with foreign element in the context of the documents in translation on file in the National Court Register (source texts and their certified translations).The survey is the first stage of this project and has been ascribed a number of aims: allowing for a definition of the genre profile of the corpus texts; identifying the general sociologically conditioned tendencies in their structure; and – primarily – determining the practically feasible search criterion for compiling a design corpus for further quantitative and qualitative analysis of selected language structures (the ensuing stages of the said project).</abstract>

<article-title>Capitalising on Polish Translation Market Data in the Field of Commercial Law</article-title>

Capitalising on Polish Translation Market Data in the Field of Commercial Law

{"article-title":"Capitalising on Polish Translation Market Data in the Field of Commercial Law"}

<abstract><title style='display:none'>Abstract</title>The purpose of this research is to explore plain-language postulates reflecting on legal drafting assumptions since legal acts should be precise, clear and express with no doubts the intention of the legislator. The aim of this project is to commence discussion about improving the clarity of Polish consumer law based on selected plain-language techniques. This article agrees that the aspiration to make the law comprehensible for all subjects is an idealistic postulate. Ultimately, despite this, legislators’ obligation is to make an effort to increase the intelligibility of legislation wherever it is possible.</abstract>

<article-title>Plain-Language Approach in Legislative Drafting: A Perspective from Poland</article-title>

Plain-Language Approach in Legislative Drafting: A Perspective from Poland

{"article-title":"Plain-Language Approach in Legislative Drafting: A Perspective from Poland"}

Comparative Legilinguistics is covered by the following services: <UL> <LI>Baidu Scholar </LI> <LI>CNPIEC </LI> <LI>CNKI Scholar (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) </LI> <LI>DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) </LI> <LI>EBSCO Discovery Service </LI> <LI>ERIH PLUS (European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences) </LI> <LI>Google Scholar </LI> <LI>J-Gate </LI> <LI>KESLI-NDSL (Korean National Discovery for Science Leaders) </LI> <LI>Naviga (Softweco) </LI> <LI>Primo Central (ExLibris) </LI> <LI>ReadCube </LI> <LI>Semantic Scholar </LI> <LI>Summon (Serials Solutions/ProQuest) </LI> <LI>TDOne (TDNet) </LI> <LI>WanFang Data </LI> <LI>WorldCat (OCLC) </LI> </UL>

Comparative Legilinguistics ist in den folgenden Services indiziert: <ul> <li> Baidu Scholar </li> <li> CNPIEC </li> <li> CNKI Scholar (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) </li> <li> DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) </li> <li> EBSCO Discovery Service </li> <li> ERIH PLUS (European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences) </li> <li> Google Scholar </li> <li> J-Gate </li> <li> KESLI-NDSL (Korean National Discovery for Science Leaders) </li> <li> Naviga (Softweco) </li> <li> Primo Central (ExLibris) </li> <li> ReadCube </li> <li> Semantic Scholar </li> <li> Summon (Serials Solutions/ProQuest) </li> <li> TDOne (TDNet) </li> <li> WanFang Data </li> <li> WorldCat (OCLC) </li> </ul>

Editor-in-Chief Aleksandra Matulewska, Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland Co-Editors Paula Trzaskawka, Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland Anne Wagner, University of Lille, Lille, France Emilia Wojtasik-Dziekan, Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland Guest Editor Fernando Prieto Ramos, University of Geneva, Switzerland (vol 37/2019, 41/2020) Joseph-G. Turi, International Academy of Linguistic Law, Montréal, Canada (vol. 42/2020) Anne Wagner, University of Lille, Lille, France (vol. 45/2021) 　 Section editors Ksenia Gałuskina, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland Joanna Nowak-Michalska, Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland Paula Trzaskawka, Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland Emilia Wojtasik-Dziekan, Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland Assistants Joanna Nowak-Michalska, Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland Paula Trzaskawka, Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland Emilia Wojtasik-Dziekan, Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland Technical editors Paula Trzaskawka, Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland Emilia Wojtasik-Dziekan, Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland Editorial Board Eduardo Carlos Bianca Bittar, University of São Paulo, Brazil Onorina Botezat, Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University, Bucharest, Romania Deborah Cao, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Nicole Carignan, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Canada Sheng-Jie Chen, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei City, Taiwan Le Cheng, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Marcus Galdia, University of Monaco, Monaco Liu Guanghua, Lanzhou University, China Larisa Krjukova, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation Artur Dariusz Kubacki, Pedagogical University, Kraków, Poland Nicholas Léger-Riopel, Université de Moncton, Moncton, Canada Pietro Manzella, University of Brescia, Italy Sarah Marusek, University of Hawai‘i, Hilo, USA Lavinia Nadrag, Ovidius University, Konstanza, Romania Natalja Netšunajeva, Public Service Academy, Tallinn, Estonia Mami Hiraike Okawara, Takasaki City University of Economics, Japan Fernando Prieto Ramos, University of Geneva, Switzerland Judith Rosenhouse, Swantech - Sound Waves Analysis and Technologies, Ltd. (Technion I.I.T.,) Haifa, Israel Halina Sierocka, University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland Nora Tigziri, Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria Joseph-G. Turi, International Academy of Linguistic Law, Montréal, Canada Anne Wagner, University of Lille, Lille, France Information on Editorial Team and Editorial Board also available here: <A href="https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/cl/about/editorialTeam">pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/cl/about/editorialTeam</A> Publisher De Gruyter Poland Bogumiła Zuga 32A Str. 01-811 Warsaw, Poland T: +48 22 701 50 15

Issues

Journal & Issues

Comparative Legilinguistics

Search

Volume 33 (2018): Issue 1 (March 2018)

Journal & Issue Details

Search

Articles

Plan your remote conference with Sciendo