RUDN Journal of Law (Dec 2014)

On drafting legal texts for francophone audience

  • I N Meshkova

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 1
pp. 266 – 271

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The article examines the peculiarities of drafting legal texts for the French-speaking audience and the need to take into account a country's customs, historical traditions, especially the perception of spoken or written language. Citation is an essential element of a legal text written in both Russian and French, it confirms the author's position and indicates the awareness of the topic. Jurist must know the rules of drawing up a special text in a particular language and use them for maximum text impact.

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