A Critical Analysis of Saudi Legal Terms and their English Translations

The differences between the Arabic and English linguistic systems legal cultures have long been a fundamental challenge in translation. Examining how dissimilarities Saudi affect Arabic-English translation has received little attention from researchers. Therefore, this critical analysis aims to examine of 12 articles identify cultural factors involved process. Since research that addresses difficulties challenges translating discourse is undeniable significance studies examined its are scarce; therefore, study attempts contribute literature by analyzing several Legal Articles their translations define terms into English. adopted Šarčević’s (2000) functional equivalence framework official translations. This was selected because it well suited equivalent level translations, which main objective study. analyze different characterize investigated include religious, culture-specific, archaic, doublets. revealed religious culture-specific doublets challenging, whereas archaic words much easier.