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Abstract: In the article the question of development of a set of exercises is considered. Translation represents a complex form of speech activity. This activity is impossible without specific knowledge, skills and personal qualities, which constitute translator's competence. Translation skills are central in the structure of translator's competence, which represents synthesis of theoretical knowledge and practical action performed based on translation skills. The basis for creation of the typology of exercises is the following groups of translation skills: to overcome linguistic and discourse difficulties on the first stage of translation "understanding and interpretation", skills to overcome linguistic and discourse difficulties on the second stage of translation "the product of translation of the text", skills of editing and assessing of the translated text. Difficulties of translation are determined by the essence of translation as a complex form of speech activity. In this research translation difficulty is understood as a set of problems caused by linguistic and discursive features of English legal discourse. As for teaching to translate English legal discourse, it is important to take into account its specific nature, which manifests itself in linguistic and discursive features. From our point of view, the lexical and grammatical difficulties of translation are related to the linguistic features of English legal discourse. The discourse approach can be seen as an important tool of pedagogical research. The created typology of exercises aimed at formation of written translation skills and application of strategies and tactics for English legal discourse includes three kinds of exercises and types corresponding to them.