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Title: The sound of drivel: Interpreters and the manipulation of style in the legal discourse
Authors: Pérez-Luzardo Díaz, Jessica María 
González-Ruiz, Víctor 
UNESCO Clasification: 57 Lingüística
Keywords: Legal language
Legal interpreting
Legal translation
Interpreting quality
Style, et al
Issue Date: 2018
Journal: Lebende Sprachen 
Abstract: This paper describes an experiment dealing with the manipulation of style in consecutive interpreting in the context of the law. In it, several groups of Spanish law undergraduates assessed two performances by a consecutive interpreter. The interpreter in both performances translated a German-language lecture on constitutional law into Spanish, the only difference between the two renditions being the style used in the target language: in one of them, plain language; in the other, a style reminiscent of complex traditional legal drafting. The results of this study are presented and discussed in this paper, which combines the issue of plain language in legal translation and interpreting, with the concept of style as a quality parameter in interpreting. These results, which suggest that even the most junior law students have a liking for conventional elaborate drafting, should serve as elements of reflection for trainers of both legal professionals and interpreters.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/41480
ISSN: 0023-9909
DOI: 10.1515/les-2018-0001
Source: Lebende Sprachen [ISSN 0023-9909], v. 63(1), p. 1-31
URL: http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=6389804
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