商务合同的翻译本科毕业论文.docx

1、商务合同的翻译本科毕业论文本科生毕业论文商务合同的翻译 毕业设计(论文) 中文题目： 商务合同的翻译 英文题目：On the Translation of Business Contracts姓 名： 贺荣葵 学 院： 外国语学院 专 业： 英语（外贸英语方向） 本科 指导老师： 贺荣葵 开题时间： 2012. 12 完成时间： 2013. 4 湖南农业大学制 On the Translation of Business Contracts商务合同的翻译 He Rongkui贺荣葵 Supervisor: Prof. Xiao FuliangMajor: Foreign Trade Engli

2、sh Foreign Language CollegeHunan Agricultural UniversityApril, 2013 AbstractAbstract: In international trade activities, business contracts are an important basis for the documents. Business English language has become an indispensable communication tool and it is also the starting point of economic

3、 contracts in English. International business contracts involve a wide variety and complexity and also have their own characteristics, such as accuracy profession, and normalization. Therefore, the quality of the translation of business contracts needs high demand. In this paper, through a large num

4、ber of examples, the characteristics and translation of business contracts are analyzed comprehensively.Key Words: business contracts; translation; strategy毕业论文（设计）原创性声明本人所呈交的毕业论文（设计）是我在导师的指导下进行的研究工作及取得的研究成果。据我所知，除文中已经注明引用的内容外，本论文（设计）不包含其他个人已经发表或撰写过的研究成果。对本论文（设计）的研究做出重要贡献的个人和集体，均已在文中作了明确说明并表示谢意。 作者签

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7、件工程类课题应有程序清单，并提供电子文档5.装订顺序1）设计（论文）2）附件：按照任务书、开题报告、外文译文、译文原文（复印件）次序装订3）其它摘 要在国际贸易活动中，商务合同作为一种重要法律文件,涉及面广泛而复杂，同时也有其自身的特点，准确性，专业性和规范性。因此，对商务合同翻译的质量提出了非常高的要求。本文用大量的例子对商务合同的特征及对策做了全面的分析和讨论。关键词:商务合同;翻译;对策Contents 2.2.2 Adverbial Clauses.5 3.2 Translation Profession.73.3 Translation Normalization.7 3.3.1 L

8、anguage Normalization.9 3.3.2 Style Normalization.9 3.3.3 Profession Normalization.11IntroductionIn the 21st century, international trade has becoming more and more frequent, and the reforming China is actively engaged in international trade activities. In the process of global trade, English has be

9、come an indispensable communication tool. It is the basis of business contracts. In todays society, citizens, corporations and other organizations sometimes have the problem on how to sign contracts directly in English. Lawyers, legal advisers and other legal professionals will meet the needs to rev

10、iew and modify the contracts in English, and sometimes will be asked to come to Chinese translation, and even to draft a contract in English. So more and more fans of English and the lawyers want to familiarize themselves with the contracts in English with China s entry into WTO, this requirement tu

11、rns more and more urgent to resolve contract issues in English. 1. The Definition of Business Contract Contract means to abide by the conditions established, working in cooperation. Peoples Republic of China Civil Law中国人民共和国民法通则The Article 85th provides that A contract shall be an agreement whereby

12、the parties establish, exchange, terminate their civil relationship，(合同是当事人之间设立、变更、终止民事权利义务关系的协议) and international business contract, as one of them, from the general sense, It is involved with two or more States. To a country, international business contracts are also foreign contracts. In China,

13、according to the different nature and content of the major categories in contracts, We do the following classification: sale contract(销售合同); the transfer contract（转让合同）; the joint venture contract（合资或合营合同）; compensation trade contracts（补偿贸易合同）; Agent agreement（代理合同） and other contracts, agreements,

14、etc. It is the parties to economic activities, the agreement reached by negotiation, legally binding on both parties. This agreement may be formal or informal. As the contract with legal effect, the parties must accordance with the provisions of the contract fully and meet their obligations strictly

15、, which requires the contract terms and sentences are rigorous and accurate.2. The Characteristics of Business Contracts2.1 Text CharacteristicBusiness contract is a special application style, focusing on documentary, whose major characteristic is accurate and rigorous. As business contract is a leg

16、ally document that asks the parties to strictly obey the obligations, right, codes of conduct and other specific terms, as drilled legal loopholes, it does not allow the vague and mileding, it would rather sacrifice the fluency of text but maintain truth.2.1.1 PrecisenessThe preciseness of the busin

17、ess contract translation is the principles problem in practice contract language is a legal context that emphasizes the structure of language, another characteristic is using formal words, repeat words, parallel conjunctions, etc, in order to ensure the contract text rigor and unbeatable, also refle

18、cted the contract solemn and seriousness as legal documents.2.1.2NormalizationGenerally, the structure of a contract is organized, and the terms and statements involved comply with the contract documents and the program requirements. A complete business, the terms of the contract are up to dozens to

19、 defined buyers and sellers obligations clearly. After a long practice and texting , The structure has been relatively fixed, whether it is Chinese or English. The contract can be divided into four parts : title(标题)，preamble(序言)，body(正文)，and conclusion(结尾). Since business contract is written to prot

20、ect legal rights and interests, it require the use of body language solemn or formal style. 2.1.3 ProfessionBusiness contracts are highly professional, involving finance, trade, tariffs, customs, commodities, insurance, warehousing, commodity inspection, legal and many other areas, business contract

21、 is the complex field of expertise text. Therefore, the translation process constantly absorbs and integrates new knowledge. Business contracts basic characteristics of these text features to determine the business process of translation to follow strict procedures. For example, We hereby agree with

22、 the drawers, endorsers and bona fide holders of the drafts drawn under and in compliance with the terms of this credit that such drafts shall be duly honored on due presentation and delivery of documents as herein specified. This sentence looks a little complex, and involves some credit terms, if a

23、 translator is not familiar with credit professional terms such as ：drawers（出票人）、endorsers（背书人）、drawn（开具）、drafts（汇票）、honored（履行付款责任）、presentation（提示）、documents（单据），they would have no ideas about this. 2.2 Sentence Characteristics2.2.1 Attributive ClausesTo make the terms clear and precise to avoid t

24、he possibility of being misunderstood, a large number of structure are often used in clauses in business contracts. Attributive clauses separated with the center widespread word, a term with multiple side by side, or an attributive clause modifying the case of multiple centers are also common word.

25、For example, A reply to any offer, which purports to be an acceptance but contains additions, limitations or other modifications, is a rejection of the offer and constitutes a counteroffer. “which” Guide the restrictive attributive clause modified reply.Translation：“对发价表示接受，但载有添加、限制、或其它更改的答复，即为拒绝该项发

26、价并构成还价”。 For example, The seller must deliver goods which are of the quantity, quantity and descriptions required by the contract and which are contained or packed in the manner required by the contract. Sentence of “which” in attributive clause is to guide the terms of provisions of goods, rather t

27、han depicted and described the deep structure of sentences. “Goods must be”，如译成：“卖方必须交付的货物”, Semantic ambiguity. Therefore, the deep structure of the sentence can be translated in accordance with the subject-predicate structure in Chinese, So its can be translated into卖方交付的货物必须与合同所规定的数、质量和规格一致，并按照合同

28、所规定的方式装箱或包装”。2.2.2 Adverbial ClausesAs adverbial clauses highlight the flexibility and diversity, they are often used in business contract, such as the number of adverbial modification of a verb or an adverbial contains another very common.For example, with in 30 days after the signing and coming in

29、to effect of this contract, the buyer shall proceed to pay the price for the goods to the seller by opening an imbecile L/C for the amount of USD 30.000, in favor of the seller through a bank at export port .The backbone of the sentence The buyer shall proceed to pay the price to the seller which co

30、ntains a time adverbial with in 30 days after the signing and coming into effect of this contract.Business contracts, said many of the time adverbial is a Party at a certain time and must assume a certain obligation, or to enjoy certain rights, namely, timeliness, Therefore, the center of the whole

31、sentence is not a verb in a sentence of time but the action occurs. If it is translated into Chinese to highlight the effectiveness of behavior, the time adverbial should be as close to that obligation, the responsibility of the word “shall” sentence also contains a complex manner adverbial by opening an irrevocable L/C according to the language of Chinese norms manner adverbial usually before the verb, the sentence can be translated as “买方须与本合同签字并生效后30天内通过出口地银行开立以卖方为受益人的不可撤销信用证支付全部货款计30000美元。”3. The Translation