Translating Legal Terms in Context

Authors

Antoinette M. Sedillo Lopez, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1999

Abstract

This article reviews a number of Spanish/English legal dictionaries, evaluating the relative merits and features of each. Translating legal terms requires an understanding of both the legal context in which the term is used and the legal context in which the translation is intended. Thus, this review of legal dictionaries concentrates on evaluating the authors'/editors' understanding of how the terms are used in the two legal cultures, as well as in two different languages.

Publication Title

Legal Reference Services Quarterly

Volume

17

Issue

4

First Page

105

Recommended Citation

Antoinette M. Sedillo Lopez, Translating Legal Terms in Context, 17 Legal Reference Services Quarterly 105 (1999).
Available at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facultyscholarship/138

Comments

This article was previously published in Legal Reference Services Quarterly.