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In the article “ Plain Language Movement and Legal Translation : An AnalyticalStudy of Two Translations of a Contract of Lease from Arabic into English ”, Rafid Abdul explores the topic of simplifying the legal language in order to achieve a more comprehensive message, promoting the functional approach to translation. The author argues that the Plain Language movement has had great positive effect on the translation practices of legal documents. He calls for implementing changes to the way translation is being taught, suggesting that more focus should be added towards the functional approach. The author points out a peculiar contradiction: the layman cannot understand the language of legal texts, even though they are specifically aimed towards him. This fact caused the Plain Language movement to emerge. The research itself is based on the analysis of two translations of the lease contracts. The translations are regarded as the best of their kind and are used in Iraqi universitie...