Legal English Synonyms and Antonyms: A Guide to Differentiation and Translation

Author: Song Lei
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Publishing Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book aims to use concise language and methods to analyze commonly used synonymous or near-synonymous legal terms, helping readers quickly understand the differences in legal language, with the hope of contributing a small part to advancing China's legal translation work. There are various reasons why translators confuse synonymous or near-synonymous legal terms. Some errors are caused by literal translations, such as "Final judgment," where the translator arbitrarily assumed it should be translated as "final judgment," leading to the spread of this error, so almost all English-Chinese or Chinese-English dictionaries followed suit, completely ignoring or unaware of the vast difference between it and the true "final judgment," i.e., the judgment of last resort.