商务英语合同翻译常见问题及应对策略

Common Problems and Coping Strategies in Business English Contracts Translation

以物流服务协议翻译为例,分析了译文中存在的典型问题,具体涉及到词汇层面和句法层面。针对普通词汇的理解失误,提出"变通翻译"和"词类转换"应对策略。处理专业术语和缩略词的翻译则通过利用信息搜索技术手段等策略。针对长难句以及被动语态,建议采用"直译"、"省译"等策略。

Taking the example of translating logistics service agreement as an example,this paper analyzes the typicalproblems in translation,which are related to lexical level and syntactic level. Aiming at the mistakes of commonvocabulary comprehension,this paper puts forward the countermeasures of ＂flexible translating＂ and ＂part-of-speechconversion＂. Translation of terminology and acronyms needs to take advantage of information search techniques.Translation of long sentences and passive voices needs to use such strategies as ＂literal translation＂,＂omission＂,etc.