brakes商务合同论文-商务英语合同词汇特点和翻译技巧分析

2021年1月8日发(作者：傅海静)
Analysis on Word Features and Translation Skills in Business English Con
tracts
商务英语合同词汇特点和翻译技巧分析

摘要
随着全球经济一体化和中国 与世界各国之间的经济往来的不断密切和加深，
尤其是自从中国加入WTO以来，中国与世界各国的经济 交流越来越密切。在国
际交流和贸易过程中，商务合同尤其是商务英语合同作为国际贸易与协作中约定< br>双方权利与义务以及确立双方沟通方式的重要手段，其词汇特点和翻译技巧也越
来越被更多的人加 以研究。
本文试从商务英语合同的用词特色及翻译技巧等方面对商务英语合同的一
些特点和翻 译过程中值得注意的地方进行探讨和沟通，力求为从业者和研究者提
供有益的借鉴和参考。本文第一章重 点分析了商务英语合同的发展背景、国内研
究现状、研究意义等方面的内容，并详细介绍了商务英语合同 在中国的快速发展
情况； 第二章交代了商务英语合同的概念和词汇特点, 并详细阐述了相关特点中专用名词、书面语、古体语、外来语、情态动词以及缩略语在商务英语合同中
的使用情况； 第三 和第四章两章则从商务英语合同的翻译技巧和有利建议的方
面进行了细致描述，并从古体词的准确翻译、 专有名词的标准化翻译、公文的常
用副词使用、易混词的专注度以及译本的规范和流畅方面重点阐述了相 关翻译技
巧。通过以上分析，本文作者致力于将商务英语合同的特点和翻译技巧陈述出来，
希望能够对以后的从业人员和翻译者的翻译和研究事业产生有利影响。
关键词： 商务合同； 国际交流； 翻译

Abstract
With the development of the economic globalization and the
economic relationship between China and other countries becoming
closer and deeper, especially China’s attendance of WTO, the economic
communication between China and other countries becomes closer and
closer. In the process of international communication and trading,
business contract especially the business English contract as an important
means of appointing two parties’ rights and responsibilities and setting up
bilateral communicative ways in international trading and cooperation has
been received more and more attention from the researchers. Business
English words’ characters and translation principles and means has been
brought into more and more people’s studying field.
This thesis attempts to discover and discuss some features in business
English contracts and the problems encountered in the process of
translation from these aspects of business English contracts’ words’
features and translation skills wroth of noticing in order to provide the
advantageous reference for the professionals and researchers. The first
chapter of the essay lays stress on business English Contracts’ developing
background, domestic studying situation, studying meanings and so on
and introduce the rapid development situation of business English
contracts; The second chapter depicts the concept of business English
contract and the words’ characters, meanwhile, it demonstrates the using
situation of corresponding features including the technical term, written
words, archaism, loanwords, modal verbs as well as abbreviations; The
third and last chapter present every detail of business English contracts’
translation skills and favorable suggestions, and the author demonstrates
the translation skills from many skills like skill of accurate archaism, skill
of regularized formal terms, skill of using conventional adverbs in official
document, skill of paying attention on confusing words, skill of
accordance with norm and fluency. Through all of the above analysis, the
author devotes himself into depicting the features and translation skills of
business English contracts so as to influence the future’s studies and
translation professionals positively.
Keywords: Business Contract; International Communication;
Translation

I. Introduction
II. Words’ Features of Business English Contracts
2.1 Usage of technical terms
2.2 Usage of archaism
2.3 Usage of written words
2.4 Usage of loanwords
2.5 Usage of modal verbs
2.6 Usage of abbreviations
III. Translation Skills of Business English Contract
3.1 Skill of accurate archaism
3.2 Skill of regularized formal terms
3.3 Skill of using conventional adverbs in official document’s language
3.4 Skill of paying attention on confusing words
3.5 Skill of accordance with norm and fluency
IV Suggestions in Business English Contracts’ Translation Process
4.1 Being familiar with the related knowledge of business English
4.2 Using the technical terms
4.3 Understanding the words’ and linguistic characters of business
contract
V. Conclusion
Works Cited
Acknowledgements



I. Introduction
With the development of economy and trading integration, business
English as the basic communicative tool has been used widely in every
trading cooperation. Contracts as the tool for different countries trading
with others, has been brought into people’s discussion for a long time.
Due to the oppositely conservative economic style and rare
communication with other countries, the related study on business
English Contracts was very rare before 21
st
in China. While the situation
changed a lot from the beginning of the new era of 21
st
century with the
booming development of related works.
Business English contracts is a kind of text form with strong
professionalism and responsibility.
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To acquire business English
contracts’ words’ characters and translation skills will be good for
assisting related trading activities’ communication and cooperation
effectively and authoritatively. This paper aims at analyzing the character
of words in business English contracts and the translation skills worthy of
studying in order to help all of the students, professionals and related
researchers of this field obtain a good knowledge of business English
contracts, and also provide them with advantageous reference and
assistance in their future’s study. What’s more, all of the related works’
booming development will surely advance China’s marketing economic
development and progress, prompt the blend of economy of China and
other countries, which certainly will have extremely positive affection in
world economic integrity.

II. Words’ Features of Business English Contracts
Business contract is the main guarantee of bilateral profits, its words