DIFFICULTIES IN TRANSLATING LEGAL TEXTS

Abstract

The article deals with a problem of terminological polysemy, an attempt to analyze the main difficulties associated with the translation of polysemic terms is fulfilled. The article reveals the influence of context on the translation of terminological words, explores the terminological fields of certain legal terms of English and their semantic comparison with similar lexical items of Russian. The article deals with the research of translating techniques and difficulties, which appear while translating from source-language into target-language. The method of “functional equivalence” is looked through as the way of legal terms translating to reach maximum accuracy of translation. This article examines the problems of translation of English terms of the legal discourse into the Russian language, which are based on the comparative analysis of natural and cultural concept spheres. The features of the legal language and professional communication in the field of law, the specificity of legal translation and the difficulties of translation of legal terminology are pointed out.