Abstract
The expression “intersemiotic legal translation” refers to all forms of legal translation that use at least two different semiotic codes, of which at least one is not verbal. The article will analyze four different conceptions of intersemiotic translation by highlighting the different potential applications in the legal field, as well as the limitations related to this form of translation. The concept of “intersemiotic legal translation” will be examined as a species of the genus “legal translation”, and will be framed according to a typology consisting of six types of legal translation that will take both its semiotic and its legal dimensions into account.
Funding source: Fondazione di Sardegna
Award Identifier / Grant number: CUP F72F20000430007
Acknowledgments
This research is part of the project Legal Acts, Images, Institutions: The Form of the Legal Act in the Era of Legal Design, Department of Law, University of Cagliari. The project was supported by Fondazione Sardegna in 2019, CUP F72F20000430007. This paper and the research behind it would not have been possible without the exceptional scientific support of Professor Giuseppe Lorini, the principal investigator in the above-mentioned project. I would like to thank the referees for carefully reading my manuscript and for their constructive comments.
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