The translation of an Italian procura alle liti into English: word-by-word rendering or functional translation?
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corpus-based translations
legal translations
functional translations
legal documents

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Giampieri, P. (2023). The translation of an Italian procura alle liti into English: word-by-word rendering or functional translation?. Comparative Legilinguistics, 56, 171–194. https://doi.org/10.14746/cl.56.2023.2

Abstract

I corpora specialistici sono considerati efficaci nelle traduzioni tecniche (e legali). Il presente articolo esplora come affrontare la traduzione di una procura alle liti, che è un documento giuridico altamente caratterizzante il sistema giuridico italiano. La traduzione di tale atto giuridico può risultare problematica in quanto non ricorrente nel common law, che contempla altre tipologie di procure speciali. Si esplora quindi se e fino a che punto una traduzione basata sui corpora sia fattibile quando i testi paralleli nella lingua di arrivo sono difficili da trovare in contesti nativi. A tal fine, si realizza un progetto di traduzione con traduttori tecnici ed avvocati. I partecipanti compongono un corpus ad hoc che consultano come strumento di riferimento linguistico. I risultati dell'articolo dimostrano che la traduzione basata sul corpus dei traduttori è principalmente una resa parola per parola del testo di partenza, la quale può sembrare innaturale ad un esperto del settore. La traduzione degli avvocati si discosta in parte dal testo di partenza, ma ne affronta in miglior modo la funzione comunicativa. Il contributo evidenzia la necessità di trovare un equilibrio tra le due strategie, ad esempio concentrandosi sulla funzionalità testuale e/o sulla parafrasi, anche se a costo di una ridotta formulaicità.
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