法律英语术语的跨文化翻译-法律英语翻译与实践专业论文.docx

Acknowledgements First and foremost, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Professor Xiao Yunshu, without his enormous help and guidance the completion of this thesis would not be possible. I received valuable suggestions and keen criticism from him throughout my thesis-writing process. Also, his warm encouragement gave me much confidence to carry on my work. My sincere thanks also go to Professor Zhao Ling, Proffor Xiong Demi, Proffor Song Lei and Proffor Zheng Daxuan, who have introduced me the charm of forensic linguistics and given me a lot of help and encouragement in my preparation for this thesis. I would also like to thank Professor Li Li from Southwest University, who has instructed us how to write a good thesis. I have a debt of gratitude to my friends Liao Jie, Zhou Yi, Du Yan and Jiang Ding, and all my teachers and classmates, who have helped me in many aspects and whose love has made my life in the past three years a memorable experience. Finally, I would like to dedicate this thesis to my beloved husband and my lovely son, who never stop supporting me. Abstract Legal English, in terms of linguistics, is a functional variety of English with a specific vocabulary based on the common core of the English language, which is formed and used in the activities of legislation and judicature. Like the other legal languages, legal English has a series of special terms, which help solidify the corresponding concepts and reinforce the typical characteristics of its legal system or structure. Therefore, correct translation of legal terms often determines the quality of the whole translation of legal documents. However, correct translation of legal terms is not easy, which involves many factors. The most important factor is cultural elements in both the source language society and target language society. It is with cultural effects on translation in mind that the author embarks on this seemingly easy but in fact very difficult undertaking—th