英文合同翻译

指称上的单位性
间接指称 （卖方） Both Party A and the Party B agree that a technology Seller (买方) between the joint transfer agreement shall be signed the Buyer （受方） venture company the andRecipient Party X (or a third party) Party （供方） 甲、乙双方同意，由合营公司与 X方（或第三方） the Supplying （转让方） 签订技术转让协议 …… the Transferor （受让方） the Transferee
表达上的条理性
纲目 条理分明 条款 不求铺陈，但求明晰 细则 不求修饰，但求达意。 Part A shall send technicians at Party B’s expenses to train Partyshall B’s Personnel within after 1) Payment be made by Party30 B days for the taken of signing the contract. the delivery in a week. 甲方应于合同签订日后 30 2) Party Ashall shallbe send technicians toB train Party Payment made by天内委派技术员对乙方的 Party within a B’s for 工作人员进行培训。费用由乙方负责。 personnel. the taken of the delivery. 应由乙方在提货后一周内付款。 Payment shall be made by Party B after a week for the taken of the delivery. 应由乙方在提货一周后付款。
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Employment Contract Amway Company, the employer, hereby employs Richard Johnson, the employee, to perform duties as stated below, consideration for which the employer will pay the employee at the rate of US $ 2,000 per month, and in addition, compensate him for any other expenses incurred by him when he is Main Clauses carrying out his duties. In keeping with the above-mentioned remuneration, the employee shall agree to carry out the following duties: to negotiate with Chinese authorities about the cooperation between Amway Company Limited and China; to arrange for the visits of Jimmy Ford, president, and other executives to China; to act as authorized representative in any aspect relating to the cooperation with China and to respond to any inquiries from Chinese parties. In this employment, the employee shall act honestly, laboriously and to the best of his ability. This contract shall take effect on January 1st, 2003. If one party wants to terminate the contract, a written notice one month beforehand shall be given to another party. Employer Employee Amway Company Limited Richard Johnson Amway Company Limited Richard Johnson Concluding Clause
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• 甲方因为过失造成本合同及其附件不能 履行时，应当承担由此带来的责任。
Contract Translation
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一、合同的文体特点 二、合同的种类 三、合同中的常用语 四、翻译合同的步骤及注意事项
一、合同的文体特点
1、内容上的针对性
2、格式上的规范性
3、句式结构的复杂性 4、指称上的单位性 5、表达上的条理性 6、措词上的法律性
Syntactic Features 句法特征
Voice Conversion 语态转换
形象思维是借助于意象,并用叙述、联想、 组合、想象等方式进行的思维活动。
逻辑性的思维方法和理性的认知态度综合 的结果
This contract shall be governed by the law chosen by the parties.The choice must be expressed or demonstrated with reasonable certainty by the terms of the contractor or the circumstances of the cases.
合同的格式结构
1. Preamble （前言） —写明当事人的名称及缔约目的和原则等内 容 2. Main Clauses（正文/主要条款） —明确规定当事人的具体权利和义务、违约 赔偿、争议解决、适用法律等条款 3. Concluding Clauses（最后条款） —包括合同的法定地址、效力范围、有效条 件、双方代表签字等
Preamble
技术文献、图纸、照片、磁带等 乙方所持有的并在生产中加 合同句式结构的复杂性 以应用和开发的技术文献、 文件 图纸、照片、磁带等 Technical Documentation means the technical literatures, drawings, pictures, tapes, etc, that Party B 用于对合同的产品进行设计、计算、制造、 在合同有效期内仍在当前的 possesses and质量控制、安装、维护、测试等 has applied or developed for its own 制作过程中， 技术文件指的是乙方所持有的并在生产中加以 production as well as in its current manufacture during 应用和开发的技术文献、图纸、照片、磁带等， the validity term of the contract for designing, 在合同有效期内仍在当前的制作过程中，用于对 calculating, manufacturing, （以下称文件） … quality control, 合同的产品进行设计、计算、制造、质量控制、 assembling installations, maintaining and testing of 安装、维护、测试等（以下称文件） … to as the Contract Products (hereinafter referred Documentation)…
措词上的法律性
合同规定了各方的权利和义务具有法律约束 应乙方要求，甲方同意派遣技术人员帮 力。为了避免产生任何误解和歧义，必须行 助乙方安装设备。 文严谨，措词准确，具有法律文字特有的稳 重性。 在加工贸易中，厂方对原料和成品均无 1) At the request of party B, Party A agrees to assign construe (转让) to assist send所有权。 technicians party B to（解释） install the convene （召集） execute （签字） equipment. Interim （临时） partake （参加） 2) In processing transactions, the manufacturers Repatriate the said （遣返） （上述的） never have title either to the materials or to the finished products.