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R>    在“售购合同” 里 ,常会有程式化的句子 ,如:例 7.买卖双方同意按下列条款由买方购进 ,由卖方出售下述商品 ,并签订本合同。译文: This cont ract is made by and betweenthe Buyer and t he Seller , where by t he Buyer a2grees to buy and the seller agrees to sell t he un2dermentioned commodity according to t he termsand conditions stip ulated below.“合同” 的订立 ,英语同时使用了“by” 和 “ be2tween” 两个介词 ,这也是英语合同语言严谨的一个表现 ,表示该“合同” 是由双方之间执行 ,不涉及任何第三方。再者,如果泛指“条款”,译文不能漏掉“conditions” ,因为某个合同条款的达成经常包括若干条件。
     我们常会看到 and/ or 这样的结构 ,这种结构的运用 ,也是行文严谨的表现 ,翻译时应特别注意不要漏译。例 8. Advance f reight and/ or f reight payableat destination shall be paid to t he car rier , in f ull ,ir respective of whatever damage or loss may hap2pen to ship and cargo or eit her of t hem. (预付运费和到付运费 ,或其中之一遭受任何损坏或丢失 ,都应毫不例外地全额付给承运人。 )
    3.推敲词义 ,准确措辞。法律条文 ,往往涉及到某项业务双方的权利和义务,弄不好会发生纠纷 ,因此 ,其译文质量如何与措辞是否准确有极大的关系。措辞要求最为严格的 ,算是涉外合同的翻译了。 [5 ]     为维护法律的尊严 ,一词一语都应无懈可击。准确 ,对于法律文字(指书面语言)来说具有特殊的重要意义。Henry Weihofen 曾经指出:“The lawyer must be more presice in his writingt han almost everyone el se. Most writer s can ex2pect t heir work to be read in good fait h , that is ,with an honest desire to under stand what wasmeant . But the lawyer must write in consistantfear of what we might call t he reader in badfait h , t he man looking for loop holes in the con2t ract so as to avoid liability for his failure to per2form , the disappointed heir who want s t he willread in a way that would defeat the testator’ s in2tention , t he criminal defendant who want s t hestat ute interpreted so as not to cover his act andall t he other s who will want to twist t he meaningor words for t heir own ends.”对本论文由英语论文网 www.51lunwen.org整理提供于其严谨性的特点下面从三个方面进一步加以论述:
   一是注意 and/ or 的译法。为使行文严谨、准确 ,合同文字常常使用 and/ or 这一结构. and/ or是一种连接并列结构的省略形式 ,其具体意思是“A and B + A or B” 。翻译的常见错误是漏译其中的一部分。这种特殊结构根据不同的上下文 ,可有多种译法 ,如:例 9. The aforesaid certificate shall be con2clusive evidence against t he shipper , receiverand/ or any holder of t he Bill of Lading. (上述证明书对托运人 ,收货人和(或)任何本提单持有人都是决定性反证。 )
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