Юридический перевод в аспекте кореферентности терминов права

Вопросы филологии. 2011. № 3 (39). С. 89–100.

Vlasenko S. V.

Legal Translation In The Law Terminology Coreference Perspective

The article revisits a sustainable phenomenon inherent in languages for special purposes (domain-specific sublanguages) – multiple nomination of concepts exemplified by the legalese and correlating with cognitive representations of domain-specific knowledge. This phenomenon profiles an obvious problem area in special translation theory. Synonymy is treated in line with Yu.D. Aprecian’s concept whereby lexical units are regarded as semantically related if and when they appear referentially identical, i.e. co-referential. Co-reference gives rise to complexities in perceiving and comprehending legal texts in English–Russian translation. An interdisciplinary paradigm is applied for singling out an earmarked direction within the modern Translation Studies – Domain-Specific Translatology. A new name to once customary ‘special translation theory’ draws translation researchers to focus on profound studying of professional translation/interpreting across domain-specific fields, i.e. expert communication area, with the view of analyzing problems aggravated by the terminological co-reference available both in the source-language and target-language as well.

Keywords: психолингвистика, социолингвистика, синонимия, юридическая терминология, reference, English–Russian translation, law terminology, legalese, legal translation, professional translation, interpreting, synonymy, polysynonymy, domain-specific translatology, co-reference, перевод в сфере профессиональной коммуникации, референция, полисинонимия, юридический перевод, язык права, англо-русский перевод, кореференция, отраслевая транслатология, лингвистика текста