On drafting legal texts for francophone audience

The article examines the peculiarities of drafting legal texts for the French-speaking audience and the need to take into account a country's customs, historical traditions, especially the perception of spoken or written language. Citation is an essential element of a legal text written in both Russian and French, it confirms the author's position and indicates the awareness of the topic. Jurist must know the rules of drawing up a special text in a particular language and use them for maximum text impact.

legal text, citation, argumentation techniques, public performance, Francophone countries, rhetoric, reminiscence, forensic linguistics, paraphrasing, documentation, reliability, quote-argument, situational repetition