Developing an integrative approach for accessing comparative legal knowledge for translation

TY - JOUR

T1 - Developing an integrative approach for accessing comparative legal knowledge for translation

AU - Engberg, Jan

PY - 2017/12

Y1 - 2017/12

N2 - In this paper, a multi-perspectivist approach to translation-relevant comparative law is presented. The approach is conceptually oriented and joins three lenses with relevance for the study of meaning construction and development in the field of law: National cultural influences, influences from systemic-functional epistemic aspects, and influence from interpersonal knowledge communication. Focus in the article is upon the argumentative grounding of the three perspectives and upon possible methods with special relevance for the different lenses. In order to present the backdrop against which the approach is developed, the paper starts out with an overview of recent developments and suggestions in the field of comparative law, especially for the purposes of legal translation.

AB - In this paper, a multi-perspectivist approach to translation-relevant comparative law is presented. The approach is conceptually oriented and joins three lenses with relevance for the study of meaning construction and development in the field of law: National cultural influences, influences from systemic-functional epistemic aspects, and influence from interpersonal knowledge communication. Focus in the article is upon the argumentative grounding of the three perspectives and upon possible methods with special relevance for the different lenses. In order to present the backdrop against which the approach is developed, the paper starts out with an overview of recent developments and suggestions in the field of comparative law, especially for the purposes of legal translation.

KW - Corpus analysis

KW - Epistemic culture

KW - Interpersonal communication

KW - Legal culture

KW - Legal translation

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85040597901&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0212-5056

SP - 5

EP - 18

JO - Revista de Llengua i Dret

JF - Revista de Llengua i Dret

IS - 68

T2 - ​From Legal Translation to Jurilinguistics: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Language and Law

Y2 - 27 October 2016 through 28 October 2016

ER -