ABBREVIATION IN THE TERMINOLOGY ON THE MATERIAL OF LEGAL ENGLISH

The article is devoted to the problem of using abbreviations relevant for professional terminology. After studying various definitions of the concept of “abbreviation” and “abbreviation” the authors give examples of the usage of these techniques in legal English. Aim of the study. This study is devoted to the analysis of the concept of “abbreviation” in legal English terms. Materials and methods. The research material was the legal terminology of the English language. The methods of scientific research are the method of theoretical analysis, descriptive and comparative methods. Results. The article presents the results of the analysis of the concepts of “abbreviation”, “abbreviation” and “acronym”. The study brings out that the most commonly used abbreviations are initial ones, and most abbreviations are used for speech resources saving. Practical implications. The practical significance of the research lies in the fact that the results obtained can be used in teaching students written and oral translation from English into Russian and from Russian into English.