Plain Legal Language as accessibility tool for translators
An empirical study at a phraseological level
The accessibility of legal language has become an
essential component of social integration for all citizens. Likewise, for
any legal translator, understanding legal language will be a crucial first
step in overcoming any communication barrier.
In light of this consideration, the purpose of this study
is to compare the original Charter of the United Nations with the
plain-language version adapted to the same language, paying particular
attention to differences in phraseology. By conducting this study, we will
have an opportunity to examine the linguistic simplification strategies
applied by this international organization, taking into consideration the
factors highlighted by plain language as a means of making legal language
more communicatively accessible.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Plain language: New legal communications
- 3.Case study: The Charter of the United Nations
- 3.1Aspects of the legal language’s phraseology
- 3.2Plain-language adaptation of legal phraseology
- 3.3Empirical results and its analysis
- a.Reduction: Simplify the reader’s task by presenting less
information
- i.Omission
- ii.Distillation
- b.Amplification: Reader-friendly extension
- i.Learning helps
- ii.Glossing
- c.Stratification: Simplifying the structure
- d.Reframing
- 4.Final considerations and conclusions
- Author queries
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References
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Article language: Spanish