Difficulties of terminology translation in the context of analyzing the normative type of Spanish legal discourse
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5075-2023-6-40-52
Abstract
Aim. To study the cognitive-semantic mechanisms of forming the meanings of legal terms and to reveal the invariance of their conceptual dominants as a condition for ensuring the comparability of concepts when translating.
Methodology. The methods of comparative, semantic, contextual, interpretive and discourse analysis are used in order to ensure compliance with the logical law of identity and to avoid semantic errors when conducting cognitive and semantic studies of terminology in comparative jurisprudence.
Results. The article considers different approaches to the translation of Spanish terms that have analogues in Russian inheritance law, but require clarification due to their polysemy – sucesión and herencia, as well as non-equivalent terms characteristic of Spanish inheritance law – colación and mejora and their derivatives.
Research implications. In the context of growing interest in comparative legal research, the article focuses on the difficulties of interpretation and translation of legal terms in legal discourse due to polysemy, synonymy, as well as non-equivalence of terms in different languages. Logical and discursive algorithms of translation are proposed, allowing to correlate the semantic volume of concepts expressed by professional terms of Spanish and Russian legal discourse for their adequate interpretation, excluding possible distortions or semantic uncertainty.
About the Authors
M. V. Larionova
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MGIMO University)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marina V. Larionova – Dr. Sci. (Philology), Prof., Department of Spanish Language
prospekt Vernadskogo 76, Moscow 119454
A. D. Fokina
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MGIMO University)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksandra D. Fokina – Lecturer, Department of Spanish Language
prospekt Vernadskogo 76, Moscow 119454
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