Problems of Translating Legal Contracts: Perspectives of Saudi Translation Students

Legal translation is one of the challenging domains for students. In Saudi Arabia, university students are reported to encounter difficulties while translating legal contracts from English Arabic and vice versa. Also, literature shows that use certain strategies overcome these difficulties. This study attempted examine most common challenges/difficulties encountered by when used them such order achieve goals, researcher descriptive analytical approach questionnaire instrument in collect data research sample. The population this consisted all two universities, namely King Saud University Imam Mohammad Ibn Islamic University. those who at language department each fourth year whose number (106) target sample (50%) population. So, size (53) students, being selected randomly. findings showed binominal expressions parallel structure, structure sentences, multiple negatives, text layout major challenges contracts. On other hand, texts, CAT tools, Google have been as they face translate results important implications teachers, syllabus designers,