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2. Capturing dynamism in legal terminology

The case of victims of crime
  • Katia Peruzzo
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Dynamics and Terminology
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Abstract

In the last decade, EU legislators have been devoting increasing attention to victims of crime and their rights. The purpose of this study is to focus on English victim-related terminology and identify cases of terminological dynamism which can cause potential difficulties to legal translators. Although the EU and the national legal systems co-exist in and regulate the same judicial space, the terminology used is not shared by all the systems. The absence of a priori established equivalent terminologies may make it difficult for translators to map legal concepts to the appropriate legal system. The study therefore aims at highlighting the need for resources specifically designed for legal translators and presents MuLex, a legal translation-oriented TKB in which multilingual data are accompanied by conceptual maps underlying intra-linguistic asymmetries and different degrees of cross-linguistic equivalence.

Abstract

In the last decade, EU legislators have been devoting increasing attention to victims of crime and their rights. The purpose of this study is to focus on English victim-related terminology and identify cases of terminological dynamism which can cause potential difficulties to legal translators. Although the EU and the national legal systems co-exist in and regulate the same judicial space, the terminology used is not shared by all the systems. The absence of a priori established equivalent terminologies may make it difficult for translators to map legal concepts to the appropriate legal system. The study therefore aims at highlighting the need for resources specifically designed for legal translators and presents MuLex, a legal translation-oriented TKB in which multilingual data are accompanied by conceptual maps underlying intra-linguistic asymmetries and different degrees of cross-linguistic equivalence.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction
  4. Dynamics and terminology 1
  5. Part one: legal terminology
  6. 1. Multilingualism and legal integration in Europe 17
  7. 2. Capturing dynamism in legal terminology 43
  8. 3. The harmonization of legal cultures, concepts and terms 61
  9. 4. Cross-domain disharmonization. A case study with adventure activities in legal and tourist domains in Spain 79
  10. 5. Le vocabulaire juridique en sängö 99
  11. 6. The translation of legal texts as culturemes 111
  12. Part two: scientific and technical terminology
  13. 7. Specialized knowledge dynamics 135
  14. 8. The dynamics of terminology in short-term diachrony 159
  15. 9. A method for analysing the dynamics of naming from a monolingual and multilingual perspective 183
  16. Part three: business and financial terminology
  17. 10. The dynamics of accounting terms in a globalized environment 215
  18. 11. Concept change, term dynamics and culture-boundness in economic-administrative domains 235
  19. Part four: Terminology planning: Some challenges
  20. 12. The dynamics of terms and meaning in the domain of machining terminology in French and English 259
  21. 13. La mesure de la variation terminologique comme indice de l'évolution des connaissances dans un environnement bilingue 281
  22. Index 303
https://doi.org/10.1075/tlrp.16.03per

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction
  4. Dynamics and terminology 1
  5. Part one: legal terminology
  6. 1. Multilingualism and legal integration in Europe 17
  7. 2. Capturing dynamism in legal terminology 43
  8. 3. The harmonization of legal cultures, concepts and terms 61
  9. 4. Cross-domain disharmonization. A case study with adventure activities in legal and tourist domains in Spain 79
  10. 5. Le vocabulaire juridique en sängö 99
  11. 6. The translation of legal texts as culturemes 111
  12. Part two: scientific and technical terminology
  13. 7. Specialized knowledge dynamics 135
  14. 8. The dynamics of terminology in short-term diachrony 159
  15. 9. A method for analysing the dynamics of naming from a monolingual and multilingual perspective 183
  16. Part three: business and financial terminology
  17. 10. The dynamics of accounting terms in a globalized environment 215
  18. 11. Concept change, term dynamics and culture-boundness in economic-administrative domains 235
  19. Part four: Terminology planning: Some challenges
  20. 12. The dynamics of terms and meaning in the domain of machining terminology in French and English 259
  21. 13. La mesure de la variation terminologique comme indice de l'évolution des connaissances dans un environnement bilingue 281
  22. Index 303
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