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Comparative Legilinguistics, 2019 The aim of this paper is to present LEX.CH.IT, a corpus for micro-diachronic linguistic investigations of Swiss normative acts in Italian. Italian has a peculiar position as an official minority translation language within the Swiss institutional system.
Canavese Paolo
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An appraisal of plain language in the South African banking sector
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 2016 The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) came into full force in April 2011. An important corollary of this Act, and the National Credit Act 34 of 2005, is the obligation that consumer documents must be in plain language.
Cornelius, Eleanor
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Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2021 The level of communicativeness of official letters in the field of tax law leaves much to be desired. The article concerns the consequences of the application of “Language Relief” in the practice of applying tax law by the National Revenue Administration.
Woltanowski Piotr
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ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PLAIN SWEDISH MOVEMENT FROM THE POLISH PERSPECTIVE
Comparative Legilinguistics, 2009 The paper deals with the plain language movement in Sweden from the Polish perspective. Plain Swedish is endorsed by law as an objective of state policy and there is a state body responsible for the quality of public language.
Milena HADRYAN
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Canadian Medical Education Journal, 2018 This brief report aims to highlight the impact of globalization – the international movement of goods, people, and ideas – on patient-provider communication in medical training and practice, and how the implementation of plain language communication ...
Fiona Warde +5 more
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Plain Language Assessment of Statutes [PDF]
, 2020 Legislative drafters use plain language drafting techniques to increase the readability of statutes in several Anglo-American jurisdictions. Existing readability metrics, such as Flesch-Kincaid, however, are a poor proxy for how effectively drafters incorporate these guidelines.
Wolfgang Alschner +3 more
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Lessons Learned from Developing Plain Language Summaries of Research Studies
Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2021 Background: Plain language translation may facilitate the public's ability to understand and use results of scientific research. Brief description of activity: This article describes the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's (PCORI) approach to ...
Maureen Maurer +5 more
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Plain language and assessment of plain language
International Journal of Private Law, 2011 Plain language is a valuable tool that can be applied in order to proactively promote procedural fairness in the law of contract. It also places a consumer in a better position to protect his own interests. In most legal systems, the use of plain language is compulsory, owing to the focus on transparency and openness and the requirements of procedural ...
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An Overview of Business Writing: Challenges and Solutions
Studies in Business and Economics, 2019 Bad writing can affect individuals and companies alike. It can cause confusion and misunderstanding, waste important resources of time and money, erode credibility and trust.
Greavu Arina
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Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Biologie - Biologie Lehren und Lernen, 2020 Biologische Unterrichtstexte können insbesondere für Schüler/-innen mit Migrationshintergrund einige Sprachbarrieren ent-halten, die zu einem geringeren Verständnis der Fachinhalte beitragen können.
Melanie Schaller +2 more
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