The linguistic and legal challenges set by recent changes in the political shape of Europe, as the statement of the authenticity of different linguistic versions of EU Treaties (art. 314, Amsterdam Treaty, 1997), require a level of fine-grainedness in the (micro-)analysis of legal documents such as the one proposed in this chapter. Terminological reflection should be integrated in a modular framework, which considers the interaction of the lexicon and other linguistic structures in determining the meaning of legal utterances. A fine-grained analysis of all linguistic levels of legal texts is argued to be a prerequisite for both translation and ‘good’ drafting practice in multilingual contexts. In the remainder of the chapter, the textual dimension in its various facets (logical, argumentative, informational, etc.) will be shown to be of primary importance in shaping the texture of legal documents.
Redazione e traduzione giuridica: la prospettiva testuale
VISCONTI, JACQUELINE
2009-01-01
Abstract
The linguistic and legal challenges set by recent changes in the political shape of Europe, as the statement of the authenticity of different linguistic versions of EU Treaties (art. 314, Amsterdam Treaty, 1997), require a level of fine-grainedness in the (micro-)analysis of legal documents such as the one proposed in this chapter. Terminological reflection should be integrated in a modular framework, which considers the interaction of the lexicon and other linguistic structures in determining the meaning of legal utterances. A fine-grained analysis of all linguistic levels of legal texts is argued to be a prerequisite for both translation and ‘good’ drafting practice in multilingual contexts. In the remainder of the chapter, the textual dimension in its various facets (logical, argumentative, informational, etc.) will be shown to be of primary importance in shaping the texture of legal documents.
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