On the Translation of Contract

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1、OntheTranslationofContractIntroductionAcontractobligationisalegallybindingagreementthatisanagreementimposingrightsonthepartiesofcontracts,likestatutes,whichwillbeenforcedbythecourts.Theattentiontodetailsmaybeduetoanumberofcauses,includingthestandardizationofroutinetrans

2、actions,thefrequentinvolvementoflawyersinallstagesofexceptionaltransactions,thedesiretoavoiduncertaintywhenthelawofmorethanonestatemaybeinvolved.Businesscommunicationsacrossthebordersaresubstantiallyincreasingwhichstimulatesthedemandofcontracttranslationasacertainresult

3、.Translationofcontractshasthusdrawntheinterestsoftranslatorsandscholars.Todeveloptranslationcompetence,contracttranslatorsneedinstructionintranslationtheoryaswellaspractice.Thethesiscitesthetheoreticalaspectsoftranslationprinciples.Likegeneraltranslationcriteria,thecrit

4、eriaforcontracttranslationmayberegardedasacriteriainactionifithelpstranslatorsbecomeresponsibledecision-makersintermsof"Faithfulness,ExpressivenessandElegance"or“信、达、雅”inChinese.ChapterTwoofthisthesisaddressesthelexicalfeaturesofcontracttranslation,whichistofulfillthema

5、intaskbymeansoftheanalysisofwords.Chapterthreemakesanalysisonthesyntacticcharactersofcontracttranslation.ThenChapterfourputsforwardtheoptionsasstrategiesforthetranslationofcontracts.26Chapter1CriteriafortheTranslationofContractsCriterionistheyardsticktoassessatranslated

6、text.InChina,YanFufirstproposedthreecriteriafortranslation:"faithfulness","smoothness"and"elegance".In1930s,thedebatebetweenLuXunandLiangShiqiuabout"faithfulness"and"smoothness"acceleratedthestandardizationoftranslationcriteria.FuLeicalledfor"spiritualsimilarity"instead

7、of"formalsimilarity".MrQianZhongshubroughtforththehighestcriterionof"perfection"or"transformationofsouls".AndProfessorLiuZhongdeclaims"faithfulness","smoothness"and"closeness".However,allthesecriteriaarebasedonthegeneralandfuzzyimpressioninsteadofprecisescientificreason

8、ing.Butthewesternfunctionaliststightlyconnectedthecriteriaoftranslationwithtexttypes.Reiss'stypologyisintended