法的应然与实然的差异对法律术语翻译的影响研究——以《著作权法》术语“独创性”的英译为例

Effects Caused by the Deviation between Realistic Laws and Idealistic Laws on Legal Terms Translation:Case Study on “duchuangxing”in Copyright Law Term

法的应然与实然的差异会导致法律术语概念的不同解读,由此引起的不当翻译一定程度上妨碍了术语交际功能的实现。《著作权法》术语"独创性"的概念在应然和实然两个层面存在着差异,将其一概译为originality是不妥当的,文章对比分析了"独创性"与originality两个层面的差异,提出翻译策略。与术语研究一样,术语翻译同样要遵循共时性的特点,应当以某个阶段,人们对于概念内涵形成的共识为依据来进行翻译。

Different interpretations of legal terms, due to the deviation between realistic laws and idealistic laws, may give rise to in-appropriate translation, which, in turn, hampers the communication with those legal terms. The term “duchuangxing”, because of such deviation, should not be translated into originality without exception. The paper, based on the analysis of the discrepancy between the Chinese term “duchuangxing”and its English counterpart, attempts to present the translation policy of its own and holds that the principle of synchronicity should be observed as well in term translation.