NEW DECONSTRUCTIVE PERSPECTIVES ON LEGAL TRANSLATION: FROM HOSPITALITY TO HAUNTOLOGY

In this essay, using a conceptual research methodology focused on argument development and delimited by an epistemological framework of deconstructive reading, Derridean concepts such as hospitality, event, and hauntology will be explored in their relationship with legal translation. The aim of this paper is to open new paths for the reflection upon, and practice of, legal translation in face of the challenges posed by our contemporary era; an era characterised by asymmetries and conflicts in terms of identities, languages, cultures, and ideologies, which shape a scenario where translation plays a major role. After the conceptual development of this paper, different theoretical and practical lines of action will be outlined. These proposals may affect the way legal texts are translated and the agency we have as translators in this domain, as well as the way we understand legal language and original texts, leading us to propose a translation ethics fit to face the challenges of the present.