LEGAL TRANSLATION AND THE EU: THE CHALLENGES OF MULTILINGUAL LAWMAKING

The European Union is a unique supranational governance body that values linguistic diversity and supports the equality of languages of each member state. This is the reason why all legal acts are legally translated into 24 languages. In this regard, problems often arise due to the linguistic peculiarities of countries where legal translation requires an understanding of the cultural characteristics and legal system of the respective country. This is the reason for the relevance of this research, since in such circumstances there are often inconsistencies between different language versions of a document, a lack of authentic terms, which complicates further law enforcement, and the presence of ambiguous wording, which undermines the basic principles of the European Union. The purpose of our study is to provide a thorough understanding of the legal and linguistic framework of the European Union, to identify the main challenges in the course of legal translation, and to define strategies and future effective practices of legal translation within the framework of multilingual lawmaking. To achieve this goal, we used the following methods of scientific knowledge: general philosophical method, descriptive method, system analysis method, synthesis, dialectical method, as well as deduction and induction methods to ensure a comprehensive and thorough analysis. The obtained scientifically significant conclusions can be used in further research, and the proposed steps can be used in practical implementation.