Equivalence of Lease and Tenancy Terminology in English and Lithuanian

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Published: Dec 1, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/lincu-2016-0013
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legal terminology legal concepts lease and tenancy agreements contrastive analysis equivalence

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Sigita Rackevičienė
Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Giedrė Valūnaitė Oleškevičienė
Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Gabrielė Galkutė
Western Union Lietuva, Vilnius, Lithuania

Abstract

Prompted by globalization and the importance of international communication in the legal sphere, legal language acquires an increasing importance. Contract law draws special attention in the EU and worldwide, and raises a demand for harmonization of the legal terminology of different languages and legal systems. Contracts in Anglo- Saxon and Lithuanian law have similar basic elements; however, they also contain significant differences which are determined by the regulations of the legal systems in which contracts are formed. The terminology used in the contracts also presents important peculiarities. The article focuses on the terminology of lease and tenancy agreements and provides results of the contrastive semantic analysis, the aim of which is to establish the degree of equivalence of the collected English terms and their Lithuanian counterparts. All investigated English terms have synonyms, which makes the task even more complex, as most of such synonyms have certain semantic differences and may be used interchangeably only in certain contexts. The findings of the research are believed to be valuable to legal translators, as well as compilers of legal dictionaries and databases.

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Rackevičienė, S., G. Valūnaitė Oleškevičienė, and G. Galkutė. “Equivalence of Lease and Tenancy Terminology in English and Lithuanian”. Linguaculture, vol. 7, no. 2, Dec. 2016, pp. 73-93, doi:10.1515/lincu-2016-0013.
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Author Biographies

Sigita Rackevičienė, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Dr. Sigita Rackevičienė is an associate professor at the Institute of Humanities, Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania). Her research interests encompass contrastive lexicology and terminology, multilingual lexicography and terminography. Her recently published works include the co-authored articles “Public Sector Fraud: Comparative Analysis of Terminology and Concepts” (2016), “Legal Terminology Acquisition as an Integral Part of Intercultural Communicative Competence Development” (2015), “Dealing with Non-Equivalence of Legal Terminology – a Comparative Case Study of Lithuanian and English Legal Terms”(2014), “Formation of Criminal Law Terms in English, Lithuanian and Norwegian” (2014). She is also a co-author of the coursebook English for Law and Communication (2016).

Giedrė Valūnaitė Oleškevičienė, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Dr. Giedrė Valūnaitė Oleškevičienė is a lecturer at the Institute of Humanities, Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania). Her research interests include adult learning, ESP studies in higher education, innovative teaching and study methods, technology application in education, translation issues. Her recently published works comprise the co-authored articles “Adversative Conjuctions in Spoken Lithuanian and English” (2016); “Social Media Adoption in Adult Education - Administrators' Experience” (2014). Shes i also a co-author of the edited book Social Media in Adult Education (2013).

Gabrielė Galkutė, Western Union Lietuva, Vilnius, Lithuania

Gabrielė Galkutė is an analyst at the international company Western Union Lietuva. She is a graduate of Mykolas Romeris University, the study programme English for Specific Purposes and the Second Foreign Language.

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