Analysis of Correct and Incorrect English-Chinese Legal Terminology

Author: Chen Zhongcheng
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Publish Date: 1998-04-01
Features: This book selects 387 translation entries with room for improvement or debate from seven representative English-Chinese legal dictionaries published domestically and abroad in recent years (including 295 English-to-Chinese entries and 92 Chinese-to-English entries). Based on ten English-English legal dictionaries published in the UK, US, and Australia, as well as one English-German and one English-Japanese legal dictionary, the book conducts comparative research, removes the superfluous and retains the essential, and proposes corrected translations after rigorous argumentation and defense. Each entry in the book first lists the original translation worth debating, then presents the proposed corrected translation, followed by the original English (German, Japanese) versions of the corrected translation. The corrected translations not only correct the original mistranslations but also address the partial interpretations of the original translations. This book not only serves as a legal dictionary but also functions as a bilingual dictionary, allowing readers to conveniently consult multiple original dictionaries at once. This greatly helps readers compare, distinguish, and gain a deeper understanding of the meanings of legal terms. The main readership of this book includes comparative law experts both domestically and internationally, teachers of specialized legal fields, graduate students, translators (including lawyers), foreign economic, foreign trade, and foreign affairs workers, foreign-related judicial workers (including lawyers), law students, and bilingual dictionary compilers.