Learn Bulgarian
Legal & administrative Bulgarian

C2Unit 4

Legal & administrative Bulgarian

Read precisely, explain clearly

6 lessons79 min112 words

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Lessons

  1. 1

    Reading a law text

    About 12 minutes · 62 steps

    Start
  2. 2

    Court reports

    About 12 minutes · 61 steps

  3. 3

    Administrative decisions

    About 15 minutes · 75 steps

  4. 4

    Terms and definitions

    About 14 minutes · 67 steps

  5. 5

    Rewriting legalese in plain language

    About 11 minutes · 55 steps

  6. 6

    Official document summary

    About 15 minutes · 76 steps

  7. Unit test

    20 questions · Pass mark: 80%

1 star: complete the lesson. 2 stars: at least 85% accuracy. 3 stars: at least 98%.

What you’ll learn

  1. Trace conditions, exceptions and cross-references in a fictional law text.
  2. Distinguish a party’s allegation from a court finding and report the outcome without insinuation.
  3. Connect facts, reasons and the operative part without broadening the decision’s scope.
  4. Check the scope of a definition and keep terminology consistent throughout a document chain.
  5. Shorten cumbersome constructions while preserving the addressee, condition and exception.
  6. Summarise an official document, compare written and spoken sources and identify what remains unclear.

New words

алинея

paragraph of an article

разпоредба

provision

препратка

cross-reference

изключение

exception

приложно поле

scope of application

влизане в сила

entry into force

при условие, че

provided that

освен ако

unless