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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    non sort: Is
    title: Plain Legal Language Easy to Translate?
  name:
    name part: Anna Setkowicz-Ryszka
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: hu
    date issued: 2023
    issuance: continuing
  language:
    language term: zxx
  physical description:
    form: elektronikus dokumentum
    extent: 27-44
  abstract: This article examines two machine translations of the same English contract (contract of supply) made using DeepL Pro in March 2022 and March 2023. The contract was used in my practice as a legal translator trainer. It proved easy to understand but difficult to translate into Polish, where plain legal language is much less developed than in English. The history of plain language in the UK, the US and Poland is briefly presented. The analysis of features of plain English covers: expressions from general language when mixed with legal or technical language, the pronoun you referring to one party to the contract, and other features, like active voice and short sentences. Additionally, renditions of expressions denoting obligation or permission are analysed separately as an important element of contracts. The conclusion is that pronoun you in this context constituted a major source of difficulty and was translated in many ways. The translations are also uneven in terms of register (formal legal language vs language of instructions) or forms of address (degree of politeness), which would make post-editing them demanding. Other problems that a post-editor would face include terminological inconsistency and increased number of nominalizations compared to source text. The active voice or length of sentences are unproblematic in MT. Both legal translators and MT providers should refer to existing plain Polish contracts for solutions.
  note: Anna Setkowicz-Ryszka
  related item:
    title info:
      title: PÁZMÁNY LAW REVIEW 10 No. 1
  identifier: 2064-1818
  identifier: https://publikacio.ppke.hu/id/eprint/2241/1/PLR_2023_04_Setkowicz-Ryszka.pdf
  record info:
    record content source: PPKE Publikáció Repozitórium
    record creation date: 250218
    record change date: 20250218100410.0
    record identifier: publ2241
    language of cataloging:
      language term: hun