第十三章合同/協(xié)議翻譯

Pleasetranslatethefollowing(P139)ThisContractismadebyandbetweentheChinaNationalArtsand&CraftImport&Exportcorporation,SandongBranch,withprinciplebusinessat14BaodingRoad,Qingdao,China(hereaftercalledtheBuyers)andCentrocoopBeograd,withprinciplebusinessat…(hereaftercalledSellers),wherebytheselleragreetosellandBuyeragreetobuytheundermentionedcommoditiesonthetermsandconditionsstipulatedbelow:常見的合同和協(xié)議：TradeAgreement貿(mào)易協(xié)議BarterAgreement易貨貿(mào)易ConsignmentAgreement委托協(xié)議LoanAgreement貸款協(xié)議ClearingAgreement清算協(xié)議ReparationAgreement賠償協(xié)議CooperationAgreement合作協(xié)議Know-howTransferContract技術(shù)轉(zhuǎn)讓合同SalesandPurchaseContract貨物買賣合同ProcessingandAssemblingContract加工裝配合同RepresentativeContract代理合同通用合同、協(xié)議術(shù)語:Mastercontract主約〔合同主體〕Appendeddocument合同附件，或appendixSpecificcontracts具體合同Samples:MemorandumofUnderstanding諒解備忘錄Agreement協(xié)議SpecificContract具體合同〔中文〕Appendix附件備忘錄翻譯：原文〔英文〕學(xué)生翻譯校對后的翻譯PleaseMemorizealltheglossariesfrom157Titles名稱Article條款Readthetextbook,thentrytorecallthefollowingterms:Preamble,DeliveryofDocumentationModificationsandImprovementsoftheDocumentationVerificationandAcceptanceGuaranteeInfringementandConfidentialityArbitrationForceMajeureEffectiveness,TerminationandMiscellaneousreciprocalcontract互惠合同most-favourednationclause最惠國條款

發(fā)盤tomakeanoffer還盤counteroffer順差favourablebalance逆差unfavourablebalance

ThepartiesconcernedAppointmentCommodityTerritoryMinimumturnoverExclusiveRightMarketReportAdvertisingandExpensesCommissionValidityofAgreementArbitrationHereinafter(在下文〕Hereinbefore〔在上文〕HeretoTheretoWherebyHerebyHeretoforeHithertoWhereasDittoRelevantknowledgeof“agreement&contract〞解釋說明，contract(合同)和agreement(協(xié)議)的概念雖然接近，但使用范圍不同，不能互換使用。合同是協(xié)議的重要組成局部，所有合同一定是協(xié)議，而協(xié)議不見得都是合同。可以說具備合同成立要求的具有強(qiáng)制執(zhí)行力的協(xié)議才是合同。

結(jié)構(gòu)特點(diǎn)

合同類法律文件用以規(guī)定當(dāng)事人的權(quán)利與義務(wù)，是預(yù)防與解決爭議的依據(jù)。合同英語行文慎密而準(zhǔn)確，歷史悠久，深含法律文化底蘊(yùn)。

中文的合同開頭一般先羅列當(dāng)事人的名稱、姓名、住所或營業(yè)場所，然后是合同正文，結(jié)尾是當(dāng)事人印章、授權(quán)代表簽字、職務(wù)及簽字日期。而英語合同一般以下面這類句式為開頭：

Thisagreement/contractismadeandenteredintothis____dayof_____(month),_______(year)byandbetweenPartyA(hereinaftercalled"PartyA")andPartyB(hereinaftercalled"PartyB")然后是開始陳述：

WHEREAS…THEREFORE

…Itisherebyagreedasfollows:

或以：

WITNESSETH,WHEREAS…NOWTHEREFORE,forandinconsiderationofthemutualcovenantsandagreementscontainedherein,thepartiesherebycovenantandagreeasfollows:

接著是正文，最后是證明局部：

INWITNESSWHEREOF，thepartiesheretohavehereuntosettheirhandsthedayandyearsfirstabovewritten..BCurzon編著的“ADictionofLaw〞提到：“Contractgenerallyinvolves〞

1.offerandabsoluteandunqualifiedacceptance(要約和絕對接受)2.consensusadidem(意思表示一致，也叫meetingofminds)3.intentiontocreatelegalrelations(建立合同關(guān)系的意愿)4.genuinenessofconsent(同意的真實(shí)性)5.contractualcapacityoftheparties(合同當(dāng)事人的締約能力)6.legalityofobject(標(biāo)的物的合法性)7.possibilityofperformance(履行的可能性)8.certaintyofterms(條款確實(shí)定性)9.valuableconsideration(等價有償)其它合同與協(xié)議相關(guān)知識〔各國的合同內(nèi)部要件有所區(qū)別，感興趣的同學(xué)可以參考：