REPRESANTATION OF STRUCTURALAND SEMANTIC FEATURES OF ENGLISH LEGAL TERMS IN UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE (IN OFFICIAL INTERNATIONAL LEGAL TEXTS)

Abstract

Introduction. The article focuses on the structural and semantic features of the English
legal terms in the official texts of international legal texts and suggests the ways of finding their
Ukrainian analogues. Purpose. The paper aims to outline the structural and semantic characteristics
of the English legal terms in the official international legal texts. Methods. The methodology
of the paper is based on analytical, comparative and typological, and descriptive analysis used
to identify and classify structural and semantic features of English legal terms and their translating
into Ukrainian. Comparative and typology analysis enables to compare the structure and semantics
of legal terms in two languages. Results. The paper works out: 1) the methods of structural
and semantic analysis of English legal terms used in official international legal documents; and
2) the ways of their interpreting and translating into Ukrainian. The paper stresses upon special
features of English legal terms which should be taken into consideration in the process of finding
their analogues in Ukrainian. It often depends on the context. The adequacy and equivalency
of such terms translation into another language often depends on the category of informative
determinacy / indeterminacy of the source legal text. Conclusion. On the basis of functional,
structural and semantic characteristics of English legal terms the paper suggests the instructions
of their interpretation and translation into Ukrainian.