Comparative Analysis of Translations Prepared by Students with and Without Legal Qualifications
In our paper, we present the results of the second phase of a study conducted in collaboration between two higher education institutions in Hungary with different types of translator training: a postgraduate (MA) course at the University of Szeged (SZTE), Faculty of Arts, and a postgraduate speciali...
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Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
2019-03-01
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| description | In our paper, we present the results of the second phase of a study conducted in collaboration between two higher education institutions in Hungary with different types of translator training: a postgraduate (MA) course at the University of Szeged (SZTE), Faculty of Arts, and a postgraduate specialist training course at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest (PPKE JÁK), Faculty of Law and Political Sciences. At SZTE, students do not have any legal qualifications, while at PPKE JÁK, students are all qualified legal professionals. Our main research question was whether there are significant differences in the quality of legal translations carried out by students with and without legal qualifications. We analyzed and evaluated the global (holistic) quality of the translations using a five-point scale as suggested by Kiraly (1995: 83), and compared types of errors made by the two groups of students with the help of a special error typology. Our results show that students with legal qualifications perform better in terms of both global and analytic indicators, with significantly less errors made in information transfer and in legal register. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-51aed38aa2de440e9af128b9d41f17c52022-12-22T03:24:56ZdeuAdam Mickiewicz University, PoznanComparative Legilinguistics2391-44912019-03-013718511510.14746/cl.2019.37.3Comparative Analysis of Translations Prepared by Students with and Without Legal QualificationsLesznyák Márta0Balogh Dorka1University of Szeged, Hungary, Faculty of Arts and HumanitiesPázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary, Faculty of Law and Political SciencesIn our paper, we present the results of the second phase of a study conducted in collaboration between two higher education institutions in Hungary with different types of translator training: a postgraduate (MA) course at the University of Szeged (SZTE), Faculty of Arts, and a postgraduate specialist training course at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest (PPKE JÁK), Faculty of Law and Political Sciences. At SZTE, students do not have any legal qualifications, while at PPKE JÁK, students are all qualified legal professionals. Our main research question was whether there are significant differences in the quality of legal translations carried out by students with and without legal qualifications. We analyzed and evaluated the global (holistic) quality of the translations using a five-point scale as suggested by Kiraly (1995: 83), and compared types of errors made by the two groups of students with the help of a special error typology. Our results show that students with legal qualifications perform better in terms of both global and analytic indicators, with significantly less errors made in information transfer and in legal register.https://doi.org/10.14746/cl.2019.37.3legal translationlegal translator trainingerror typologyanalytical analysisglobal analysisenglishhungarian |
| spellingShingle | Lesznyák Márta Balogh Dorka Comparative Analysis of Translations Prepared by Students with and Without Legal Qualifications Comparative Legilinguistics legal translation legal translator training error typology analytical analysis global analysis english hungarian |
| title | Comparative Analysis of Translations Prepared by Students with and Without Legal Qualifications |
| title_full | Comparative Analysis of Translations Prepared by Students with and Without Legal Qualifications |
| title_fullStr | Comparative Analysis of Translations Prepared by Students with and Without Legal Qualifications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparative Analysis of Translations Prepared by Students with and Without Legal Qualifications |
| title_short | Comparative Analysis of Translations Prepared by Students with and Without Legal Qualifications |
| title_sort | comparative analysis of translations prepared by students with and without legal qualifications |
| topic | legal translation legal translator training error typology analytical analysis global analysis english hungarian |
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