Efnisyfirlit

• Cover Page
• Table Of Contents
• Foreword
• Editor's Acknowledgements
• 1 Some Pointers to the Linguistics of Legal English
  • 1 Introduction: Legal English and the rise of English for professional purposes
  • 2 The aims of this book
  • 3 The leading features of legal English
    • a Latinisms
    • b Terms of French or Norman origin
    • c Formal register and archaic diction
    • d Archaic adverbs and prepositional phrases
    • e Redundancy (‘doublets’ and ‘triplets’)
    • f Frequency of performative verbs
    • g Changing registers: Euphemisms and contemporary colloquialism
  • 4 ‘Legalese’ and ‘The Plain English Campaign’
  • 5 The classification of legal vocabulary
    • a Purely technical terms
    • b Semi-technical or mixed terms
    • c Everyday vocabulary frequently found in legal texts
  • 6 Some leading features of the morphology and syntax of legal English
    • a Unusually long sentences
    • b The anfractuosity of English legal syntax
    • c Abundant use of the passive voice
    • d Conditionals and hypothetical formulations
    • e The simple syntax of plain judicial narrative
    • f Active and passive parties in legal relationships: the suffixes -er (-or) and –ee
  • 2 Equivalence and Interpretation
  • 1 The question of equivalence in Translation Studies
  • 2 Judges and translators. Interpretation and construction. The elusiveness of meaning
  • 3 Lexical vagueness (I) Definition, extension and intension
  • 4 Lexical vagueness (II) Denotation and connotation; register
    • Fight, combat, oppose, resist, withstand, contest, contend and argue
    • Gap and loophole
    • Breach, infringement, violation, contravention, transgression
  • 5 Lexical vagueness (III) Polysemy and the importance of context
  • 6 Lexical vagueness (IV). Homonymy
  • 7 Vagueness in legal lexical units (V) Synonyms, hyperonyms and hyponyms
  • 8 Vagueness in legal lexical units (VI). Antonyms
  • 9 Vagueness in legal lexical units (VII) False cognates or ‘false friends’
  • 10 Figurative language: metaphors and buried metaphors
  • 11 Syntactic ambiguity
  • 3 Some Pointers to the English Legal System
  • 1 Introduction. The translator and the legal background
  • 2 The translator and the sources of English law
    • a Common law
    • b Equity
    • c Statute law
  • 3 The branches of English law. Jurisdiction and the court structure
    • County Court
    • The High Court
    • The Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • The House of Lords
  • 4 The English Criminal Courts
  • 5 The vocabulary of litigation
  • 6 Common terms in litigations
  • 7 The language of judges
  • 8 The terms used in favourable judicial decisions
  • 9 The terms used in unfavourable judicial decisions
  • 4 Civil and Criminal Proceedings. Administrative Tribunals
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Civil proceedings
    • 2.1 The new ‘Civil Procedure Rules’
    • 2.2 The overriding objective
    • a The simplification of legal language
    • b The use of new technology
    • c Procedural judges
    • 2.3 Unification of procedure
    • 2.4 Allocation to track
  • 3 Right of action, cause of action. Some basic terms
  • 4 Criminal proceedings
    • 4.1 Arrest and charge
    • 4.2 Types of offence
    • 4.3 The trial
  • 5 Administrative, Industrial and Domestic Tribunals
  • 5 Genres in the Translation of Legal English (I)
  • 1 Introduction: Legal genres in translation
  • 2 The macrostructure of legal genres: university degrees and diplomas
  • 3 Certificates
  • 4 Statutes
    • a The short title
    • b The long title
    • c The preamble
    • d The enacting words
    • e The parts, articles and sections of statutes
    • f Schedules
  • 5 Law reports
    • Introduction
    • Reason for the decision setting the precedent (ratio decidendi)
    • The decision of the court
    • The recital
    • The finding
  • 6 Judgements
  • 7 Oral genres (I). The examination of witnesses at the public hearing
    • a Direct examination or examination-in-chief
    • b Cross-examination (examen contradictorio de la prueba, contrainterrogatorio, contre-interrogatoire, Kreuzverhör)
    • c Re-examination (segundo interrogatorio, nouvelle interrogation, perhaps erneute Prüfung)
  • 8 Oral genres (II). Counsels' closing speeches to the jury (jury summation). Judge's summing-up and charge to the jury
    • Address by counsel for the prosecution
    • Address by counsel for the defence
    • Judge's summing up and charge to the jury
  • 6 Genres in the translation of legal English (II)
  • 1 Contracts
    • a Commencement or premises
    • b Recitals or preamble
    • c The operative provisions
    • d Definitions
    • e Consideration
    • f Representation and Warranties
    • g Applicable law
    • h Severability (divisibilidad del contrato, divisibilité du contrat, Teilbarkeit des Vertrags)
    • i Testimonium [testing clause]
    • j Signatures
    • k Schedules
  • 2 Deeds and indentures
  • 3 Insurance policies
    • a Risks covered
    • b Exclusions
  • 4 Last will and testament
    • a Debt clause
    • b Distribution clause
    • c Common disaster clause
    • d Survivorship clause
    • e Executor appointment clause
    • f Guardians appointment clause
    • g Saving clause
    • h Signature
    • i Attestation clause, or testing clause or testimonium
  • 5 The power of attorney
    • a Commencement and performative act
    • b The operative part
  • 6 The professional article
    • a Brief introductory remarks
    • b Statement of aims and synopsis of problem discussed
    • c The body of the article (discussion of the issues)
    • d Conclusions and suggestions for further discussion
  • 7 Legal English in popular fiction
    • a On ‘probable cause’
    • b On objections raised by counsel
    • c On plea bargaining
  • 7 Practical Problems in Translation Explained (I)
  • 1 Translation as problem-solving
  • 2 Legal vocabulary (I) The translation of purely technical vocabulary
    • 2.1 Problems in the translation of one-word purely technical terms
    • 2.2 Problems in the translation of multiple-word technical terms
  • 3 Legal vocabulary (II) The translation of semi-technical vocabulary
  • 4 Legal vocabulary (III). Problems in the translation of everyday vocabulary in legal English
    • a Develop
    • b Qualify
  • 5 The translation of functional vocabulary in legal English
  • 6 Lexical resources in translation (l) The collocations of legal English
    • a Contract5
    • Verbs
    • Nouns:
    • Adverbial phrases:
    • b Act
    • As object of verbs:
    • As subject of verbs:
    • c Appeal
    • As noun
    • As verb
    • Prepositional phrase
    • d Judgement
    • e Witness
    • Adjectival phrases:
    • As verb:
  • 7 Lexical resources in translation (ll) The semantic fields of legal English
    • a Civil proceedings
    • b Criminal proceedings
    • c Employment contracts
    • d Company law
    • d Admiralty law
  • 8 Lexical traps for the translator: false cognates and unconscious calques
  • 8 Practical Problems in Translation Explained (II)
  • 1 The translator at the crossroads: techniques of legal translation
  • 2 Transposition
    • a Verb for noun
    • b Pronoun for noun
    • c Noun for adjective:
    • d Noun for verb:
    • e Active or impersonal form for passive
    • f Relative or noun phrase for gerund or prepositional phrase with ‘with’
    • g Noun phrase for adverbial phrase
  • 3 Expansion
  • 4 Modulation
  • 5 Modifiers
    • The complex noun phrase
    • Verb phrase modifiers. Adverbs
  • 6 The syntax of legal English. Double conjunctions
  • 7 Thematization. Syntactic peculiarities of individual languages
  • 8 Textual coherence. Lexical repetition in English legal discourse. Synonyms
• References

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