論漢英法律翻譯中的忠實原則.pdf

1、 Abstract The principle of fidelity has been directing the translation practice in both China and the western countries ever since a long time ago. Theorists and translators have also been keeping the studies of the prin

2、ciple of fidelity with the emergence of new translation theories and translation practice. It is noticed that with the opening policy of China after the 1970s, the translation practice of the Chinese legislative texts be

3、gan to flourish. But until the present, few scholars have ever systematically explored the applicability of the principle of fidelity in translating the legislative Chinese into English. The author of this thesis thus tr

4、ies to make a preliminary attempt. The debate on the principle of fidelity in general translation is firstly discussed to pave the path to the theoretical analysis of its applicability in legal translation. The approvin

5、g ideas put forward fidelity as a relative concept. The relativity of fidelity determines the feasibility of this principle, helping to expand its scope of applicability. The disapproving ideas especially the modern tran

6、slation theories provide new perspectives to examine fidelity, but the challenges of fidelity raised from these new angles have their inherent demerits. The author advocates the relativity of the principle of fidelity, a

7、nd then reviews the studies of fidelity in the theories of legal translation in the western countries and China. Upon the results of the theoretical studies of the precedents, this thesis confirms the guiding role of the

8、 principle of fidelity in the translation of the Chinese legislations. Fidelity in the translation of the Chinese legislative language is mainly substantiated in faithfully transferring the meaning of the source texts.

9、The legislative texts play the fundamental role in regulating the rights and obligations of the people; their meaning thus becomes the spotlight in their application to the daily life. Accordingly, the translation of leg