The Parametrisation of Legal Terminology Concerning Child Maintenance Support in the Swedish and Polish Legal Systems

• Main Author: Hadryan Milena
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2017-03-01
• Series: Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
• Subjects: legal translation; legal terms; polish-swedish translation; parameterisation; maintenance
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2017-0007

This paper deals with translating legal terminology concerning child maintenance from Polish to Swedish. The analysis covers selected terms regulated in the Polish civil law and their possible Swedish equivalents. The method used is based on the parameterisation of legal terms, which allows the specification of terms by selected parameters, which are understood as mutually exclusive properties. The parameterised equivalents are analysed in the context of various types of recipients. This provides the basis for the choice of appropriate translation strategies. The author also discusses pragmatic equivalents featured in Rikstermbanken, the Swedish national terminological database, and those used in practice.