Abstract
Extensive work is being carried out in the Republic of Kazakhstan to unify legal terminology; however, inconsistencies and inaccuracies in the translation of terms into the state language remain in many normative legal acts. The authors argue that contradictions between the Kazakh and Russian versions of legal texts largely stem from the lack of terminological uniformity. Since independence, the development of the national legal language has gained importance, yet the authenticity and semantic equivalence of bilingual legal texts have not been fully ensured. The Message of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan states that constitutional legality can be guaranteed only when legal norms in both languages are formulated equivalently in meaning. This article provides a comparative analysis of current legislation and highlights typical errors resulting from literal translation of legal terminology.