Towards Comprehensibility in the Translation of German and Polish Court Names

Abstract

The focus of this paper is centered on the translation of German and Polish court names. Based on a thorough analysis of the translation terms used in legal literature and dictionaries, the author concludes that the court names are often being translated in a way that makes it impossible for the reader to correctly identify the institution in question, thus undermining the comprehensibility of the target texts significantly.

Keywords

• legal translation
• legal communication
• court names
• jurisdiction
• languages for special purposes
• contrastive linguistics