The Translation Strategies of English Business Contracts 商务英语毕业论文

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1、IntroductionNowadays,withtheeconomicglobalizationandChina’sentryintotheWTOtheeconomiccommunicationsbetweenChinaandmanyWesterncountrieshavebeenmorefrequentlythaneverbefore.Atthesametime,therapiddevelopmentofeconomybringsgreatopportunitiestoalargenumberofChinesetohavec

2、ontactwithforeigners.Inrecentyears,anincreasingnumberofforeignenterprisesfloodintoChinatohavecooperationwithChinese.MeanwhilemanyChinesebusinessmenexpandtheirproducttotheforeignmarket.Englishasanindispensablelanguagetoolhelpscultureexchangebetweendifferentcountries.A

3、ndbusinessEnglish,aspeciallanguage,withitspurposeofbusinessfunctionhasbeenanindispensableelementintheinternationaltrade.Duringtheinternationaltrade,themostimportantpartistoreachanagreement,whichinotherwordscalledbusinesscontracts.Maybemostofpeoplecannotreallyundersta

4、ndthebusinesscontracts.ThebusinesscontractsarewritteninbusinessEnglishforitsspecialfunctionsandpurposes.Businesscontractsarealegaldocumentwhichisusedtostipulatethedutiesandobligationsofthetwoormorepartieswhoareinvolved.ItisaspecialstyleofEnglish.Tobelegallybindingcon

5、tractsmustcontainfouressentialelements.Thesefourelementsare:offer;acceptance;intentionoflegalconsequences;andconsideration.Thefouressentialelementsofcontractscanbebrieflyexplainedasfollows;acontractisformedwhenonepartymakesanofferandthatofferisacceptedbyanotherpartyf

6、oranexchangeofsomebenefitorsomethingofvaluebytheparties(thisistheconsiderationelement).Theintentionofthepartiesisthattheyarelegallyboundbythecontracts.MoreandmoreEnglish-majoredstudentswanttofindapositioninforeigncompanies,sohandlingbusinesscontractswellisveryimporta

7、nt.AgoodtranslationofEnglishisalsoveryimportant.ItisknownthatbusinesscontractsarewritteninbusinessEnglish.AndbusinesscontractsareusuallyregardedasthemostformalEnglishstyle,thefrozenstyle.Chapter1GeneralIntroductionofBusinessContracts1.1ConceptofbusinesscontractsMaybe

8、mostofusjustthinkcontractsasapieceofagreementtobuilduptherelationshipsbetweenbusinessmen,butfeelambiguitythatwhatfunctiondoesithave