<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This paper deals with translating legal terminology concerning child maintenance from Polish to Swedish. The analysis covers selected terms regulated in the Polish civil law and their possible Swedish equivalents. The method used is based on the parameterisation of legal terms, which allows the specification of terms by selected parameters, which are understood as mutually exclusive properties. The parameterised equivalents are analysed in the context of various types of recipients. This provides the basis for the choice of appropriate translation strategies. The author also discusses pragmatic equivalents featured in Rikstermbanken, the Swedish national terminological database, and those used in practice.</p></abstract>

This paper deals with translating legal terminology concerning child maintenance from Polish to Swedish. The analysis covers selected terms regulated in the Polish civil law and their possible Swedish equivalents. The method used is based on the parameterisation of legal terms, which allows the specification of terms by selected parameters, which are understood as mutually exclusive properties. The parameterised equivalents are analysed in the context of various types of recipients. This provides the basis for the choice of appropriate translation strategies. The author also discusses pragmatic equivalents featured in Rikstermbanken, the Swedish national terminological database, and those used in practice.

The Parametrisation of Legal Terminology Concerning Child Maintenance Support in the Swedish and Polish Legal Systems

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This paper deals with translating legal terminology concerning child maintenance from Polish to Swedish. The analysis covers selected terms regulated in the...

The Parametrisation of Legal Terminology Concerning Child Maintenance Support in the Swedish and Polish Legal Systems

Data publikacji: 26 kwi 2017

Zakres stron: 109 - 124

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2017-0007

Słowa kluczowe
legal translation, legal terms, Polish-Swedish translation, parameterisation, maintenance

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

The Parametrisation of Legal Terminology Concerning Child Maintenance Support in the Swedish and Polish Legal Systems

Data publikacji: 26 kwi 2017

Zakres stron: 109 - 124

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2017-0007

Słowa kluczowelegal translation, legal terms, Polish-Swedish translation, parameterisation, maintenance

© Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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

Słowa kluczowe
legal translation, legal terms, Polish-Swedish translation, parameterisation, maintenance