POLYSEMOUS ADJECTIVES IN LEGAL TRANSLATION

Approaches to Translation Studies

Volumn 14, Issue , 1997, Pages 155-168

  Geoffroy Skuce, A ^a  

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EID: 84892699607     PISSN: 01690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/9789004485884_015     Document Type: Chapter

References (8)

1. I HOliest belie/is to be contrasted with wilful blinciness.
2. "TIle question in this case is, whether... the word 'adverse' ought to be understood as meaning merely 'unfavourable' or as meaning 'hostile'" (Greenough v. Eccles (1859) 5 C. B. N. S. 786, per Williams, J., at pp. 801,804. Cited in Burrows 1943: 125).
3. "Advcrsc cffcct:... 2.(iii) hanll or discomfort to any person, (iv) an adverse efiect on the health of any person, (v) impainllent of the safety of any person..." (Dukelow & Nuse 1995).
4. Nefastc... sens 2.: Marque par un evenement malheureux.... Qui entraine ou qui est de nature Ii entrainer des consequences malheureuses, facheuses. Synonyms: Desastreux, [atal, [uneste, mauvais... (Robert et al 1986).
5. Rodriguez v. British Columbia (Attomcy General et al.), 1993: 158 N.R. I (re. right to euthanasia); and Symes v. Minister of National Rcvenue, 1993: 161 N.R. 243 (re. tax relief for working mothers).
6. As defined by McIntyre.T. in Human Rights Conunission (OnL), and O'Malley v. Simpson-Sears Ltd., 1985: 64 N.R. 161.
7. Compare collocations in corpus: ""dverse + efTect(s), efTcct discrimination, finding, impact, inference(s), order, remarks, mling (constitutional, evidential)", with those featured in Black's Law Dic/iollar), (Nobill & Nolan-Haley 1990): ""dverse + claim, enjoyment, interest, interest mle, opinion, party, possession, use, witness", and the Dic/ioml/:\, ojCcIIIClc/i(1II L"w (Dukelow & Nuse 1995): ""e/verse i ' claim, efTect, efTect discrimination, party, possession, witness".
8. Adverse is mainly llsed in literary French (Robert et al 1986).