[itzul] Nominalizazioaz

[Gotzon Egia]

Peter Butt, Richard Castle

Modern Legal Drafting : A Guide to Using Clearer Language (Cambridge 
Studies in Law and Society)

This convention is not peculiar to legal writing; it infects all 
bureaucratic and official language. But it is endemic in legal 
documents. For example, parties to legal documents don’t ‘decide’ to do 
something; instead, they ‘make a decision’. They don’t resolve, but 
‘pass a resolution’. They don’t ‘sever’ a joint tenancy, but ‘effect a 
severance’. This practice of nominalization might be thought to achieve 
a certain formality of tone, but it is at the expense of effective 
communication.


Ezeren antzik hartzen al diozue? Gurean, zenbatean «erabakitzen» dira 
gauzak, zenbatean «erabakiak hartzen» dira?

Ameriketan ere zakurrak hanka hutsik...

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