Minimalist Perspective on Legal Communication: A Case Study of English to Urdu Translation of Punjab Laws

IF 0.4 Q4 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Naumana Kanwal, M. Iqbal, Maria Mushtaq

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Syntactic choices and complexity reduction make translation communicative for the readers. This paper underscores the syntactic choices as well as complexity reduction in Urdu translation of Punjab laws in English. The study focuses on legal communication in a minimalistic perspective. It draws upon the theory of minimalism proposed by Chomsky (1993), along with the three-stage model by Nida and Taber (1969). Data is analyzed by employing Burton’s (2021) clausal analysis. The legal data used for the research comprises Punjab laws in English and their Urdu translation. The findings reveal minimalism as a useful strategy in the translation process for reducing structure complexity and making the translation understandable to laypeople. The study is beneficial to English-Urdu translators since it instructs them on how to make their translations communicative, especially when dealing with legal texts. It is also useful for academics in the field of Translation Studies who are working on minimalist views.Keywords: minimalism, complexity reduction, legal translation, syntactic choices, communication

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法律传播的极简主义视角——以旁遮普法律英译乌尔都语为例

句法的选择和复杂性的降低使翻译具有交际性。本文着重介绍了旁遮普法律在英语乌尔都语翻译中的句法选择和复杂性的降低。本研究以极简主义的视角关注法律传播。它借鉴了Chomsky（1993）提出的极简主义理论，以及Nida和Taber（1969）提出的三阶段模型。数据采用Burton（2021）的子句分析法进行分析。用于研究的法律数据包括英语旁遮普法律及其乌尔都语翻译。研究结果表明，在翻译过程中，极简主义是一种有用的策略，可以降低结构的复杂性，使翻译更容易为外行所理解。这项研究对英语乌尔都语译者有益，因为它指导他们如何使翻译具有交际性，尤其是在处理法律文本时。这对从事极简主义观点研究的翻译研究领域的学者也很有用。关键词：极简主义，复杂性降低，法律翻译，句法选择，沟通

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