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The purpose of the paper is to present obstacles in the translation process of Russian and Polish penal codes. Both texts are characterized by a particular register and structure that are regulated by separate laws in both countries. The paper also gives an account of selected differences in macro and micro text structures of the given material. The result to emerge from comparative analysis is that ignoring formal guidelines in the translation process of codification acts may lead to style distortion, that is to say to a translation mistake. On the question of structure and semantics of legal instruments, this study shows that a knowledge of legislative technique is of significant importance for a translator.

Целью данной статьи является рассмотрение трудностей в переводе российского и польского уголовных кодексов в плане сопоставительного анализа грамматики текста. Технические аспекты структуры текстового материала регулирует законодательная техника обеих стран. В работе рассматриваются определенные случаи расхождения элементов макро- и микрокомпозиции УК Польской Республики и УК Российской Федерации. Автором указываются возможные ошибки в процессе перевода уголовных кодексов. Статья обращает внимание на то, что именно изучение принципов законодательной техники языка перевода в большой степени позволяет обеспечить требования жанра правовых текстов. ; The purpose of the paper is to present obstacles in the translation process of Russian and Polish penal codes. Both texts are characterized by a particular register and structure that are regulated by separate laws in both countries. The paper also gives an account of selected differences in macro and micro text structures of the given material. The result to emerge from comparative analysis is that ignoring formal guidelines in the translation process of codification acts may lead to style distortion, that is to say to a translation mistake. On the question of structure and semantics of legal instruments, this study shows that a knowledge of legislative technique is of significant importance for a translator.