中文摘要:中国加入WTO后，国际贸易日益增多，贸易行为也日趋正规。在这个过程中，国际商务英语合同的翻译就显示出重要性。目前，有关国际商务英语合同的汉译方法的研究都着重微观层面的“点”，因而造成合同汉译文本功能难以实现。本文以功能主义翻译理论为框架，系统地整理、分析了“自下而上”的国际商务英语合同的汉译系列方法，创造性地探讨了“自上而下”的国际商务英语合同汉译的可行性。

关键词：商务英语合同；翻译策略

Contents

中文摘要

Abstract

1. Part I Introduction-1

2. An Overview of International Business Contracts-2

2.1 Definitions of business contracts-2

2.2 Classification of business Contracts-2

2.3 Language features of international business contracts-3

2.3.1 Lexical features-4

2.3.2 Syntactic features-4

2.3.3 Textual features-5

3. Strategies for the E-C International Business Contract Translation-5

3.1 Strategies adopted in the bottom-up process-5

3.1.1 Conversion-6

3.1.2 Amplification-6

3.1.3 Repetition-6

3.1.4 Omission-6

3.1.5 Paraphrasing-7

3.1.6 Combination-7

3.1.7 Division-8

3.1.8 Shifting-8

3.2 Creative translation strategies-8

3.2.1 Translation strategies for the modal verb “shall”-9

3.2.2 Translation strategies for archaims-9

3.3.3 Translation strategies for parallelsynonyms-9

3.3.4 Translation strategies for lengthy sentences-9

4. Conclusion-10

References-11

Acknowledgements-12