第一部分法律术语翻译
第一课 Legal System 法律制度
1.United States Supreme Court 美联邦最高
2.Common law legal system 普通法法系
3.case law 判例法
4.statutory law / written law 成文法
5.civil law 民法
6.classical Roman law 古罗马法
7.private law/ privacy 私法
8.public law 公法
9.binding interpretation 有约束力的法律解释
10.itinerant judge (英国皇家的)巡回法官
11.English royal court 英国皇家
12.enforcement 强制执行
13.claim, action 诉讼请求
14.writ upon the case 本案令状
15.equity law 衡平法
16.Ex aequo et bone (拉丁语)公平且善良
17.specific performance 特定履行/实际履行
18.injunction 强制令
19.equitable relief 衡平法上的救济
20.common law relief 普通法救济
21.common law damages 普通法损害赔偿金
22.chancery court 衡平
23.civil suit 民事诉讼
24.jurisdiction (美)司法管辖区
25.trial by jury 陪审团审判
26.remedy 救济
27.judge-made law 法官定法/法官制定的法律
28.recourse 追索权
29.real property 不动产
第二课 Legal Profession 法律职业
1. legal profession 法律职业
2. the bar 律师协会/律师职业
3. Multi state Bar Exam 多州联考
4. federal court 联邦
5. board of direction 董事会
6. client 当事人
7. Attorney General 总检察长
8. Chief Justice 首席大法官
9. barrister 诉讼律师
10. solicitor 非诉讼律师
11. advocacy 辩护
12. counseling 咨询
13. drafting 起草
14. litigation 诉讼
15. preventive law 预防性法律
16. U.S. Department of Justice 美国司法部
17. prosecutor 检察官
18. district attorney 区检察官
19. Congress 国会
20. state governor 州长
第二部分英译汉和汉译英
1.The enforcement of a claim presupposed the existence of a special form of action, a writ, with the result that the original common law represented a system of “actions” similar to that of classical Roman law.
某项诉讼请求的强制执行是以令状这种特殊诉讼行为形式之存在为前提的,而这就使最初的普通法表现为由类似于古罗马法的“诉讼行为”所构成的体系。
2.there was no recourse for a claim without a writ , the claim did not exist.
没有令状为前提的诉讼请求就没有追索权,因而该诉讼请求也不存在。
3.while “common law” in contrast—depending on the meaning intended –describes either the judge-made law in common law subject matters or more extensively, all judge-made law.
而“普通法”相对来说则可以指普通法问题上法官制定的法律,也可以在更广范围内指所有法官制定的法律—取决于使用者的用意。
4.A lawyer’s practice is usually confined to a single community for, although a lawyer may travel to represent clients, one is only permitted to practice in a state where one has been admitted.
一个律师的开业范围通常仅限于一个地区,因为,尽管律师可以代表其当事人到其他地区办理事务,但是一个人只能在其获准开业的州内从事律师业务。
5.A foreign lawyer may, however, be admitted to the bar of one of the states and may, even without being admitted, advise an American lawyer as a consultant on foreign law.
然而,一名外国律师可能被某一州的律师协会接纳为成员,而且,甚至可以在未被接纳的情况下作为外国法律顾问而向美国律师提供咨询。
6.However, a small but important minority that constitutes an exception to this rule consists of those who have been appointed to high executive positions and those who have been elected to political office.
然而,构成对此规则之例外的虽少但很重要的一小部分人包括那些被任命担任高级行政职务的人和那些被选举担任政治性的人。
7.No tradition of our profession is more cherished by lawyers than that of its leadership in public affairs.
在我们职业的传统中,没有一个能像其担任公共事务领导的传统那样受到律师们的钟爱。
第三部分回答课后问题
1.why is the United States a very new nation?
答 because ,comparing with many other countries, the United States is a new nation and constantly being renewed by the addition of new elements of population and of new states.
2.why is the United States an old nation as well?
答 because it is the first country to be made out of an Old World colony, and it has the oldest written constitution, the oldest continuous federal system, and the oldest practice of self-government of any nation.
3.The record of American history is more comprehensive than those of other major nations in the world, isn’t it?
答 Yes, it is.
4.The American record does not include the records of the present fifty states, does it?
答 Yes, it does. It does embrace not only the record of the colonial era and of the Nation since 1776, but of the present fifty States as well.
5.What are the reports of the United States Supreme Court?
答 The reports are published volumes of case decisions made by the United States Supreme Court.
6.When did the English common law system become inflexible?
答 The English common law system became inflexible when the “Provisions of Oxford” prohibited the creation of new writs in 1258.
7.There is not any separate chancery court in the federal jurisdiction in the United States, is there?
答 No, there is not.
8. What are the basic requirements for admission to practice law in the United States?
答 The basic requirements are three years of college and a law degree.
9.The Multistate Bar Exam is a national Bar examination in the United States, isn’t it?
答 No, it isn’t.
10.An American lawyer, generally, can not practice in the states other than the state where he has been admitted, can he?
答 No, he can’t.
11.Why are there greater needs for specialized law practice now than in the nineteenth century?
答 because the growth of big business, big government, and big labor needs more specialized law practice.
12.What is the percentage of house counsels in American legal profession?
答 Ten percents.下载本文