Table 3 Syntactic complexity in HK legal translations in mainland.
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 | DC_C | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
p-value | 0.00001 | 0.00001 | 0.96012 | 0.00001 | 0.00001 | 0.00001 | 0.00001 | |
Value of U | 1677.5 | 2981 | 6990.5 | 2163 | 2830.5 | 2620.5 | 2925.5 | |
Z-score | −10.1021 | −7.6371 | 0.05484 | −9.18399 | −7.9217 | −8.31883 | −7.74205 | |
Mean of ranks | UK1985 | 168.97 | 156.9 | 119.23 | 164.47 | 158.29 | 160.24 | 157.41 |
UK2006 | 78.4 | 88.43 | 119.73 | 82.14 | 87.27 | 85.66 | 88 | |
Sum of ranks | UK1985 | 18,248.5 | 16,945 | 12,876.5 | 17,763 | 17,095.5 | 17,305.5 | 17,000.5 |
UK2006 | 10192.5 | 11,496 | 15,564.5 | 10,678 | 11,345.5 | 11,135.5 | 11,440.5 | |
