With the development of society,more and more people begin to cooperate with Singapore on business like settlement,study abroad;these activities help them to understand the Singapore culture.It is therefore important to understand Singapore's local laws to protect individual interests.Since Singapore law and C hinese mainland law belong to two distinct legal systems,translation of Singapore law becomes inevitable.Based on the detailed analysis of Newark's translation theory,this paper is a deep analysis of the translation of the Companies Act of a Singapore website within Newmark's theoretical framework of text typology,semantic translation and communicative translation.It is expected to promote communication about different law system and to provide reference for Legal English learners. |