PROBLEMS OF SEMANTIC TRANSLATION OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS FROM FUNCTIONAL – COMMUNICATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

  In our reality, international relations play an important role and are more active than ever. It is noteworthy that international law has a regulatory power to maintain relations between organizations and states. Hence, international communication between countries, states, societies requires not only accurate documentation but also an accurate translation of documents from one language to another. In this regard, translation and interpretation of legal documents have become a serious act in human interactions. It can be said that legal translation has become a significant translating procedure in international relations and in different professional fields. However, legal translation and interpretation do not have an easy solution. When translating such materials, the translator should not allow the interpretation of legal errors as the consequences can be fatal. Legal translation also involves very complex and specialized terminology. For this reason, legal translation requires a skilled specialist, who has a deep knowledge in the field. Thus, in this article through the methods of contextual, deductive and comparative analyses we will try to present problems and offer solutions to proper legal document translation on the semantic level.