The Status and Terminology of the Hungarian Legal and Administrative Language

Abstract

The aim of the article is to provide an overview of the Hungarian legal and administrative language and terminology, including the language of academic publications, higher education and legislation, moreover, the article presents the outline of the planned Hungarian terminology strategy, the status and the state of the terminology of the Hungarian legal and administrative language.

The research method is a review and evaluation based on published articles and discussions within the framework of the project. We suggest that according to technical standards and terminology recommendations, terminology should be published in open terminology databases, because terminology databases are important tools for promoting national harmonization of terminology. Above all, it would be essential to link the legal and administrative terminology strategy to the general Hungarian terminology strategy. Since the language of science in Hungary is bilingual, Hungarian and English, we suggest preparing a terminology strategy covering both languages for law and administration faculties and universities, and to shift towards additive bilingualism.