On The Translation Of Contract Documents

With China's market economy developing very fast and the deepening of the reform and the opening up to the outside world, economic exchange with foreign countries is ever increasingly frequent, and Chinese enterprises are finding more and more chances to cooperate with foreign businessmen. To conclude an international transaction, both parties should communicate with each other regularly via the help of translation. Contract, as a legal agreement, stipulates the obligations and rights for both the buyer and the seller, so the quality of contract document translation is highly required.The author tries to make a study of the methods of translating contract documents from the perspective of the theory of functionalism.This paper is composed of three chapters.Chapter One serves as a general introduction to contract documents. Definition, classification, general provisions and legal elements and functions of translating contract documents are introduced.Chapter Two explains the theoretical framework adopted in this paper, i.e, German functionalist theory proposed by Katharina Reiss, Hans Vermeer and Justa Holz Manttari.Chapter Three is a comprehensive part. In this part, the author tries to discuss various methods of translating contract documents according to...