Legal Translation in the Training Program Polish-Ukrainian Translators – The Need of the Time In

Background: The training of highly qualified translators from the Polish language became the time requirement for Ukrainian universities during the war in Ukraine. In the conditions of intensive Polish-Ukrainian contacts and mass migration of the Ukrainian population, legal translation has acquired special importance. This circumstance dictates the need to introduce legal translation as an integral part of the course of translation practice from the Polish language to educational programs of translation specialties. Purpose: The purpose of the study is to analyze the situation regarding the possibility of methodical provision of the educational course of Polish-Ukrainian legal translation. At the same time, the fact is stated that the problems of Polish-Ukrainian translation of legal texts are insufficiently studied in modern translation studies. The shortage of scientific developments in this field of translation and the absence of university textbooks and manuals on this discipline are emphasized. The article proposes a step-by-step algorithm for creating methodological support for the Polish-Ukrainian legal translation course based on available scientific and practical materials. Precursor courses of this educational discipline have been determined. Results: The step-by-step algorithm for creating methodological support for the Polish-Ukrainian legal translation course proposed in the article allows us to introduce this discipline into the professional training program for translators from Polish. It will help compensate for the lack of textbooks and teaching aids in this discipline and, at the stage of creating working programs, can serve as a guide both in terms of the structure of the created programs and their content. Such a proposal, in our opinion, contributes to the solution of social demands that are being shaped by the war in Ukraine. Training of specialists in the field of Polish-Ukrainian legal translation is the response of Ukrainian universities to one of the most pressing challenges of our time.