Translation of legal texts from English into Malay : with examples from constitutional and didactic texts
The importance of translation in Malaysia has never been questioned. However, of late it has become more accentuated. This is especially true of legal translation. Despite this importance, little research has been done thus far on the challenges of translating legal texts and on improving the quality of their translation. This thesis will be one of the more extensive studies to be conducted on legal translation. It focuses primarily on two types of texts, i. e. legislation and lawbooks, and on English-Malay, a language-pair which is less well-documented than other pairs. The thesis examines the source language texts to determine their characteristic features which give rise to difficulties of translating, particularly into Malay. It has often been said that technical terms are the main problem of translating law. The study, which uses a methodology based on text linguistics, finds this to be true but also finds that, depending on the type of legal texts, various other features can be almost as difficult to handle in translation. The type of legal text being translated stimulates different kinds and degree of difficulty. An eclectic method, consisting primarily of a textual analysis and comparative analysis
Tengku Mahadi, Tengku Sepora bt
Linguistics
Translation of legal texts from English into Malay : with examples from constitutional and didactic texts. The importance of translation in Malaysia has never been questioned. However, of late it has become more accentuated. This is especially true of legal translation. Despite this importance, little research has been done thus far on the challenges of translating legal texts and on improving the quality of their translation. This thesis will be one of the more extensive studies to be conducted on legal translation. It focuses primarily on two types of texts, i. e. legislation and lawbooks, and on English-Malay, a language-pair which is less well-documented than other pairs. The thesis examines the source language texts to determine their characteristic features which give rise to difficulties of translating, particularly into Malay. It has often been said that technical terms are the main problem of translating law. The study, which uses a methodology based on text linguistics, finds this to be true but also finds that, depending on the type of legal texts, various other features can be almost as difficult to handle in translation. The type of legal text being translated stimulates different kinds and degree of difficulty. An eclectic method, consisting primarily of a textual analysis and comparative analysis
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