Difficulties in Teaching Law Students to Translate English Terminology of Ukraine’s European Integration

Abstract

The relevance of the study is determined by the intensification of Ukraine’s European integration processes and the need to ensure high-quality training of law students capable of adequately translating English legal terminology within the interaction of the national legal system and EU law. Differences between legal systems, the absence of direct equivalents, polysemy, synonymy, and terminological variability complicate the translation process and reduce the effectiveness of legal communication.

The purpose of the article is to enhance the effectiveness of teaching law students to translate English terminology of Ukraine’s European integration by taking into account intersystem legal differences and linguistic features of terms, as well as by substantiating methodological approaches to their functionally and semantically adequate rendering.

The research methods are based on theoretical generalization, analysis and synthesis of scientific sources, comparative legal analysis, and a logical-analytical approach to the interpretation of legal terminology.

Results. The study examines the influence of differences between legal systems on the translation process, generalizes the features of terminology functioning under conditions of the absence of direct equivalents, polysemy, and variability, and substantiates methodological approaches to developing skills for selecting an adequate translation variant. It is revealed that the dominance of a lexically oriented approach, the lack of integration between linguistic and legal training, the absence of unified terminology, and the limited use of authentic EU legal sources reduce the effectiveness of training. The expediency of applying contextual, comparative, and case-based approaches, as well as developing skills of reflective justification of translation decisions, is substantiated.

It is concluded that improving the quality of translation training is achieved through focusing on the functional adequacy of terms and integrating translation activity into legal analysis. Prospects for further research are related to the development of standardized methodological models, the unification of Ukrainian-language terminological resources, and the empirical verification of the proposed approaches.