I a currently doing a translation for my thesis, it is a judgment which contains same sources of Spanish law.
If a law is unique to spain and no official trans can be found is it best to retain the Spanish ?
although I know of translators who do translate law into English with a footnote, for example
Organic Law governing judiciary plus footnote ?
or La Ley Orgánica del Poder Judicial with a footnote?
The problem is other legal acts can be translated directly as concept is similar to UK and reader will understand. Moreover, the SL also includes abbreviations throughout, some of which are used before the full title i,e
CE the Constitucion espanola
There are no official translations of abbreviations which should be retained, but can anybody explain why exactly if the title can be translated?
I thought that it might be best to compile a list of abbreviations in a glossary so the reader is aware to which laws they refer...this would avoid clutter and confusion in trying to explain this in the TL
The trans would serve as a source of information, would not be read by a lay person as it serves as a foreign judgment and so the reader may be aware of some of the concepts, but not all.
This is where I am getting slightly confused and perhaps over thinking this.
Any help would be appreciated and if anybody knows of any resources where I might find official translations or abbreviations etc that would be useful too.
Thanks all
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