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On the Role of the Lexical Chunk in Legal Translation 　　Abstract： In more recent years， there is a growing tendency that many studies have been conducted on the lexical chunk. However， most of them were just related to English teaching and learning while leave the role of the lexical chunk in many other fields unexplored. By means of survey and research， this paper tries to explore the classification of legal lexicon and whether the lexical chunk can help translators produce a better legal translation. This paper first introduces the definition and classification of the lexical chunk； then mainly analyzes legal lexicon from the point of the lexical chunk and discussed the role of the lexical chunk in legal translation. More and further researches should be conducted to explore the legal lexicon in legal translation in the future. 　　Key words： the lexical chunk；legal lexicon； legal translation 　　1.Introduction 　　Vocabulary is an integrate part of language and thus of crucial importance to language learners. Noticing this point， many scholars and researchers paid their attention on the unique and important linguistic unit termed as the lexical chunk. A larger number of studies have been made on the lexical chunk. As a particular or a kind of English related to law， legal English is quite different from ordinary English and has its own special features. However， no matter how legal English special is， it has some common things on vocabulary or the lexical chunk as a language. There is still a blank field in exploring the legal lexicon from the perspective of the lexical chunk and analyzing the role of the lexical chunk in the process of legal translation. Knowing the lexical features of legal English is of great significance to learn and understand legal English. 　　2.Literature Review 　　In recent years， the lexical chunk has been attracting the attention of many linguists and scholars at home and abroad. They have conducted a large number of researches into the d