the translation strategies of english business contracts 商务英语本科毕业论文.doc

Introduction Nowadays, with the economic globalization and China’s entry into the WTO the economic communications between China and many Western countries have been more frequently than ever before. At the same time, the rapid development of economy brings great opportunities to a large number of Chinese to have contact with foreigners. In recent years, an increasing number of foreign enterprises flood into China to have cooperation with Chinese. Meanwhile many Chinese businessmen expand their product to the foreign market. English as an indispensable language tool helps culture exchange between different countries. And business English, a special language, with its purpose of business function has been an indispensable element in the international trade. During the international trade, the most important part is to reach an agreement, which in other words called business contracts. May be most of people can not really understand the business contracts. The business contracts are written in business English for its special functions and purposes. Business contracts are a legal document which is used to stipulate the duties and obligations of the two or more parties who are involved. It is a special style of English. To be legally binding contracts must contain four essential elements. These four elements are: offer; acceptance; intention of legal consequences; and consideration. The four essential elements of contracts can be briefly explained as follows; a contract is formed when one party makes an offer and that offer is accepted by another party for an exchange of some benefit or something of value by the parties (this is the consideration element). The intention of the parties is that they are legally bound by the contracts. More and more English-majored students want to find a position in foreign companies, so handling business contracts well is very important. A good translation of English is also very important. It is known that business contracts are writt