法律解释规则分析与法律翻译策略主张-外国语言学与应用语言学专业论文.docx

“A translation is normally written and intended for a target language reader”. However, the discussion of legal translation is to some extent all centered upon the equivalence, especially in terms of function, style, meaning, which are generally known as dynamic equivalence. The extent to which how the legal translation can be related to the principles or canons or rules of the legal interpretation is rarely touched, and the rules or canons developed by the legal interpretation were left intact by those who are doing legal translation. Purpose of the study Legal translation is an activity between two or more languages. The modern tradition in both theological and legal interpretation is to understand it as an art or technique (method). With China’s quickening pace in merging into the world economy and world governance, numerous social and economical activities are dependent upon the legal translation, including oral or written communications such as legal proceedings in the forms of hearings, trials, depositions, interrogations, negotiations. Legal documents such as treaties and other multilateral or bilateral agreements and contracts, and the translation of codes and case law for the study of comparative law to promote the rule of law are translated here in China. Through the author’s research in this thesis, three major questions are raised and answered. They are: A. What are the rules of legal interpretation, especially the Plain Meaning Rule and Comprehension rule? B. What is the current trend of legal translation strategies? C. How can legal interpretation rules affect and motivate the legal translation strategies? Significance of the study Compared with legal interpretation, the most distinguished feature of legal translation is that the translational activity is done in at least two languages, while legal interpretation usually in the same language. In this thesis, among legal interpretation rules, two typical rules have been employed for they are considere