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1、LESSONONESOMEBASICISSUESINLEGALTRANSLATIONFROMCHINESETOENGLISH一、讲课前的几个“小”问题1.WhatdocumentsdoChineselawyersoftenneedtotranslatefromChinesetoEnglish?(1)lawsandregulationseg.TheInterpretation(II)onSomeIssuesofApplicationofContractLawofthePRCoftheSupremePeople'sCourt(2)precedentseg.HadleyandAnotherv

2、Baxendalc[1854]9Exch.341Thedefendantsundulydelayeddeliveryofamillshafttotheplaintiffs'mill.Themillwasoutofactionforaconsiderabletime.Theplaintiffsdidnottellthedefendantsthatthelackoftheshaftwouldmeanclosingthemill.Theplaintiffsclaimeddamagesforlossofprofitduetothedelay.Thedefendantsarguedthattheall

3、egedlosswastooremoteandtheywerenotliable.HELD:thattheplaintiffscouldrecoverdamagesagainstthedefendantsforthedelayindelivery,butnotforthelossofprofitsoccasionedbytheclosureofthemill,astherewasnowaythedefendantscouldhaveforeseenthattheirdelaywouldmeantheclosureofthemill.Bythisdecision,damageisnottoor

4、emoteifthedamageisthenaturalconsequenceofthebreach,andissomethingthatshouldhavebeenforeseenbythedefendantwhenmakingthecontract.思考：怎样翻译中国法院的卷宗案号？是http://adachina.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!B0217EB4E07E2F10!349.entry这样翻译吗？（2003）吉民三终字第20号(2003)JiMinSanZhongZiNo.20可修改为：（2003）JILINNO.20CIVILTRIBUNAL3JUDGM

5、ENTOFLASTRESORT(3)legalarticles(4)others,小结：做好汉英法律翻译的一个重要前提是要认真思考我们所需要做的文本工作类型，即究竟在中国哪些法律文件是外国读者需要的。2.HowmanylegaldocumentshaveyouresearchedinlegalEnglishworld?思考1：AskyourselfhaveyoueverreadawholecodeorcaseinlegalEnglishworld?思考2：想一想下面的《美国合同法重述》中的节选条款怎样理解？§6.FormalContractsThefollowingtypesofco

6、ntractsaresubjectinsomerespectstospecialrulesthatdependontheirformalcharacteristicsanddifferfromthosegoverningcontractsingeneral:(1)Contractsunderseal,1(2)Recognizances,(3)Negotiableinstrumentsanddocuments,(4)Lettersofcredit.参考译文：§6.要式合同下列类型的合同根据其形式上的特征，在某些方面受不同于一般合同规则的法律规则的调整：（1）盖印合同（2）保证书（3）可流通票据

7、和单据（4）信用证小结：汉英法律翻译不能望文生义，做好汉英翻译的前提是大量阅读英文法律原文。3.What’syourtoolforlegaltranslationfromChinesetoEnglish?（1）灵格斯翻译软件和GOOGLE：解决专有名词表述的问题，比如“国家工商总局”、“检验检疫局（‘出入境’还是‘质量监督’，勿理解为“商品检验检疫局”）”（2）书面字典：推荐《韦氏法律词典》小结：工欲