A Report On The Translation Of South Dakota V. Wayfair,Inc.

Given that Chinese companies and enterprises in notable numbers are expanding their market presence globally,it is necessary for Chinese enterprises to know more about relevant laws and regulations,and previous law cases of other countries in an attempt to circumvent judicial disputes and protect their legitimate interests.Judgments are often the embodiment of the legal system and culture of a country.For that reason,judgment translation,as one key link of information transmission,is playing a significant role in the exchanges of judicial concepts.In this translation,the author selects a judgment(SOUTH DAKOTA V.WAYFAIR,INC.,ET AL.)made by United States Supreme Court as the source text.There has long been controversy over whether state should tax online sales,which has a direct bearing on the development of e-commerce.During the translation,the author applies three translation principles pioneered by Li Kexing and Zhang Xinhong and legal equivalence,and analyzes the features and difficulties of judgment translation respectively at lexical,syntactic and discourse level.Such translation consists of two parts: the first part is the preparation before translation;the second is to translate the source text and analyze and summarize difficulties and obstacles involved to the process of translation.In doing so,the author aims to develop a better understanding of features of judgments through the translation.In the meantime,the author makes a list of problems identified in the translation process and puts forward targeted solutions in line with translation theories and strategies.In addition,the author hopes to provide new insights for the existing studies on legal translation and would appreciate it if the translation is of value to legal translators in the future.