THE USE OF ABBREVIATIONS IN LEGAL CONTRACTS AND THEIR TRAMSLATION INTO ARMENIAN. CORPUS ANALYSIS

The paper refers to the study of abbreviations widely used in English and Armenian legal documents. The correct use of abbreviations plays a particularly important role in legal documents, in which it aims at avoiding the usage of repetition of long phrases and saving space. When translating documents related to the legal field, the translator needs a deep knowledge of abbreviations, their peculiarities and norms of usage to make the complex translation process easier. The present small-scale corpus analysis of the international property purchase and sale agreement signed between Armena, US and Luxembourg and comparison of the results allows to disclose both correct usages of abbreviations and translation drawbacks referring to abbreviations. The results will allow to greatly improve the quality of translation of documents in general and contribute to the accurate translation of international contracts in particular.