University of Tehran Law Quarterly 2588-5618 48 2 2018 06 22 PRINCIPLES OF TRANSLATION OF LEGAL TEXTS PRINCIPLES OF TRANSLATION OF LEGAL TEXTS 301 320 66736 10.22059/jlq.2018.233402.1006890 FA Morteza Adel Assistant Professor at Faculty of Law & Political Science (Institute of Comparative Law) University of Tehran (corresponding author) Hessam Rahimi Master in Private Law in Faculty of Law & Political Sciences of University of Tehran Journal Article 2017 05 22 Applying legal texts of other countries in order to develop our law is vital and, as a result, translation of such texts is important. A correct and scientific translation must be done in accordance with some rules and principles. These principles are divided into two categories: General Principles and Particular Principles. Translation based on these principles is a (meaning-based) translation, i.e., a kind of ideal translation. A law professional translator should not only have sufficient lingual knowledge in both source and target languages, but also have sufficient mastery of legal knowledge in order to translate general and technical words based on their context and the author’s intended meaning based on such principles. Applying legal texts of other countries in order to develop our law is vital and, as a result, translation of such texts is important. A correct and scientific translation must be done in accordance with some rules and principles. These principles are divided into two categories: General Principles and Particular Principles. Translation based on these principles is a (meaning-based) translation, i.e., a kind of ideal translation. A law professional translator should not only have sufficient lingual knowledge in both source and target languages, but also have sufficient mastery of legal knowledge in order to translate general and technical words based on their context and the author’s intended meaning based on such principles. https://jlq.ut.ac.ir/article_66736_5a511baec03bb9c4dbda6e3aea42adce.pdf