Table 2 Comparison of HK syntactic complexity in HK legal translations.
From: Syntactic complexity in legal translated texts and the use of plain English: a corpus-based study
MLS | MLT | MLC | C_S | VP_T | C_T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
p-value | 0.13104 | 0.00026 | 0.00038 | 0.41222 | 0.00008 | 0.05238 | |
Value of U | 1982 | 1464.5 | 1486 | 2147.5 | 1400 | 1877 | |
Z-score | −1.50599 | −3.65001 | −3.56094 | 0.82032 | −3.91724 | −1.94101 | |
Mean of ranks | Cap622 | 70.93 | 65.86 | 66.07 | 76.45 | 65.23 | 69.9 |
Cap32 | 82.41 | 93.66 | 93.2 | 70.18 | 95.07 | 84.7 | |
Sum of ranks | Cap622 | 7235 | 6717.5 | 6739 | 7797.5 | 6653 | 7130 |
Cap32 | 3791 | 4308.5 | 4287 | 3228.5 | 4373 | 3896 | |
