Mariana Orozco

New resources for legal translators

Abstract One of the major problems in legal translation is the command one must have of the source and target legal systems. As opposed to specialised translation in other areas, legal translation does not begin from a single unique conceptual system common to different languages which employ their own terms. Each legal system is unique and different. In this article we propose using ontologies in the field of legal translation as a system for organising notions in different legal systems into categories which allow for a comparative understanding. This is illustrated with an example of a company contract and its corresponding clauses.

La metodología de la investigación en traductología

Abstract Empirical research methods in Translation Studies have been used in Spain for a decade. The article touches upon the most recent studies carried out in Spain as well as the trends in current research. A research methodology based on the scientific method is proposed, and a research design to study the acquisition of translation competence in trainees is presented, including three original measuring instruments created for the study: the first instrument measures the translation notions of the students; the second one measures students’ performance with translation problems; and the third one measures performance regarding translation errors.