Randomized trial examines the effects of cultural legal terms on translation accuracy in multilingual contexts, suggesting improved methods for legal texts.
Key Points
This study aims to analyze how culturally specific legal terms affect translation between different legal systems.
Conducted comparative analysis of three term-centric corpora in English–German, English–French, and English–Albanian.
Utilized methods of comparative terminology research to explore translation strategies.
Investigated the relationship between legal system kinship and levels of intersystemic equivalence.
Culturally specific terms present translation challenges due to the absence of direct equivalents in many legal systems.
Intersystemic equivalence is highest among Romance and Germanic language pairs with specific rates recorded.
The study clarifies the advantages and risks of various translation strategies based on text types and audiences.