The present paper addresses one of the most challenging topics in translation; namely legal translation in the framework of two different approaches; the classical (formal) and the more recent (functional). The latter approach is the outcome of the process of simplifying legal language known technically as Plain Language Movement. The advent of this movement dates back to the 1950s, in response to the widely-held complain about the awkwardness of the legal register. Within this framework, the salient features of legal language, at the various linguistic and textual levels, underwent reconsideration in favor of more publicly digested expressions. The paper then subjects two translations of a lease contract to analysis in the light of the formal/functional dichotomy. These two texts are taken from textbooks widely accredited to train students legal translation at the Iraqi universities. The analysis revealed that the translators did not adhere to one specific approach; rather they moved smoothly from one approach to another. This is a promising change in attitude towards the rather flexible approach, and departing from the rather static one. The paper finally suggests some guidelines for investing this new tendency in training translators who have been complaining about the rigorous nature of legal translation.
The Arabic language has always been and still is the preoccupation of our scholars, both advanced and late, because of the amazing secrets that this language holds. What distinguished it from the rest of the languages is that its owners speak with sounds that others are unable to pronounce, except by vigorous attempts, and these voices include za’, middle and extreme hamza, and ha’.
يتناول البحث دراسة الأصوات في العربية وتقسيماتها بناءً على طبيعة جريان الهواء وانحباسه في مجرى النطق هي الأصوات التي لا ينحبس فيها الهواء انحباساً تاماً في مخرجها، بل يضيق المخرج بشكل يسمح للهواء بالمرور والاستمرار في الجريان وإحداث صوت "احتكاكي" مسموع.أمثلة على الأصوات المستمرة (الرخوة)
لطالما كانت وما زالت اللغة العربية الشغل الشاغل لعلمائنا متقدمين ومتأخرين، لما تحمله هذه اللغة من أسرار عجيبة، فمما امتازت به من بقية اللغات أنَّ أصحابها ينطقون بأصواتٍ لا يتمكن غيرهم من النطق بها، إلا بمحاولات حثيثة، ومن هذه الأصوات الظاء والهمزة المتوسطة والمتطرفة والحاء. وذكر مكي بن ابي طالب أنَّ الاصمعي قد ذكر أن صوت الثاء غير موجود لا في الفارسية ولا في الرومية وليس عند السريانية ذال. أمَّا العين و
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