
Best Books About Legal Translation: 3 Routledge Picks
Choosing a book about legal translation can be tricky when the topics and approaches vary.
These books cover practical translation problems, authentic legal documents, and legal translation across jurisdictions, offering different angles for study.
This time, we’ll round up three Routledge titles on legal translation.
Quick-reference table of recommended products
| Product name | Focus | Pages |
|---|---|---|
Legal Translation Explained | English legal language, genres, and practical translation problems with proposed solutions | 216 |
Arabic-English-Arabic Legal Translation | Legal translation between Arabic and English, using authentic parallel documents and examining translation techniques | 190 |
The Ashgate Handbook of Legal Translation | Legal translation theory and practice, including approaches and work across jurisdictions such as China, the EU, and Japan | 350 |
Legal Translation Explained
For readers focused on translating English legal language, Legal Translation Explained is recommended. It covers legal translation genres and presents practical problems with discussions of proposed solutions, so readers can examine translation challenges alongside proposed ways of addressing them.
Arabic-English-Arabic Legal Translation
For readers studying legal translation between Arabic and English, Arabic-English-Arabic Legal Translation is recommended. It analyzes parallel authentic legal documents in both languages and examines translation techniques at lexical and syntactic levels, including difficulties such as Shariah Law terms and archaic terms.
The Ashgate Handbook of Legal Translation
The Ashgate Handbook of Legal Translation is recommended for readers seeking both theoretical perspectives and practical studies of legal translation. Its coverage includes equivalence and translation approaches, alongside practical analysis of legal translation across jurisdictions such as China, the EU, and Japan.
Choosing by your focus
- For practical problems translating English legal language
- For legal translation between Arabic and English
- For theoretical and practical studies across jurisdictions
Model auxiliaries as a translation difficulty
For readers whose focus includes model auxiliaries in Arabic-English legal translation, Arabic-English-Arabic Legal Translation addresses this specific difficulty alongside its broader discussion of the language pair.
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