法律文本特征分析——以Deed of Covenants and Guarantee为例  

An Analysis of Legal Text Features:A Case Study of Deed of Covenants and Guarantee

作　　者：余小兵[1] 

机构地区：[1]湖南工业大学外国语学院

出　　处：《江西科技学院学报》2013年第2期80-85,40,共7页Journal of Jiangxi University of Technology

摘　　要：以往的法律英语翻译教学往往以术语解释和句子翻译练习为主，未能站在文本的高度俯瞰法律翻译的全过程，对文本在词汇、句法、语篇等层面的特征进行考量。本研究以法律文本Deed of Covenants and Guarantee为例，立足于对原文本的分析，析出该法律文本的8类词汇特征，10类句法特征，以及4类语篇特征，旨在说明：法律翻译是理解与表这的过程，而实践中面对的翻译对象往往是文本，因而理解文本，析出文本各个层面的表现特征，就成为法律翻译的第一步。In the past translation lecturing of legal English, key attention were often paid to the translation of legal terms and sentences, rather than view lgal English translation as an entire and complete process and take the lexical, syntax and discourse features of legal texts into consideration. The paper takes the legal text Deed of Covenants and Guarantee as a case study and concludes the 8 lexical features, 10 syntax features and 4 discourse features of legal texts based on an analysis of the orginal text. It aims to show that legal translation is a process involving comprehension of the source text and expression in the target language. Therefore, comprehending and grasping the features in various facets of the source legal text are the first step of doing legal translation.

关 键 词：法律文本 文本特征 文本分析Deed of COVENANTS and GUARANTEE 

分 类 号：H319.5[语言文字—英语]