法律翻译笔记

1、法律翻译笔记（一）房屋租赁property tenancy预租pre-leasing法定代表人legal representative股权equity interestpurpose and business scope 宗旨及经营范围contribution认缴（资本）non-compete(non -competition)不竞争（协议条款）deadlock/impasse 僵局（条款）interim meeting 临时会议early termination提前终止（协议等）fair market value 公平市价without regard to its conflict of l

2、aws provisions(OR without reference to conflicts of law principles)（但）排除冲突法的适用waiver 弃权headings 标题subject to PRClaws 受中国法律约束（二）Agreement for Acquiring Increased Registered Capital 认购增资协议 Conditions Precedent （交易等的）先决条件without cause 无理由to the best knowledge of就所知encumber (property, etc.) 对（财产等）设定他方权利

3、time is of the essence 时间是关键要素意向书 letter of intent多功能（地产）multi -purpose综合性（物业等） complex土地使用权 land use right合作经营公司Contractual/Cooperative Joint Venture（）CJV合资经营公司Equity Joint Venture (EJV)尽力 use its best efforts促使 cause.to.预租 pre-completion (NOTpre-leasing)许可证 permit(NOTapproval)可以对抗第三人be good agains

4、t any claims made by any third party商品房commercial/condominium(NOTcommodity house)尾款final payment业主owner法律翻译 Tips# 法律文件中列举项目的最后一项前的"or" 或 "and" 表示充分或必要的逻辑关系，不可略译。（三）in consideration of.作为的对价e.g. In consideration of the performance ofits obligations hereunder, the Contractor shall

5、beentitledto receive from ×××the Project Price;作为发行其在本合同项下义务的对价，承包商应有权向收取工程款；×××in form and substance 形式和内容上lossesand damages灭失与损害notwithstanding the foregoing 尽管有前述规定withoutlimiting the generality of.在不限制普遍性的情况下create a mortgage or charge over.在上设立抵押或质押call an interimB

6、oard meeting 召集董事会临时会议withholdone's consent不给予同意（优于保留其同意）“”qualified有资质的（评估师、会计师等）to appraise the company as a going concern按继续经营的状况评估公司set forth列明Miscellaneous（合同条款）其他（事项）subject matter（所议）事项（非标的 ）“”non-disclosure 不披露any other matters not expresslystated herein本合同未尽事宜expatriates (expats)外籍员工（从外

7、国来本国工作，而非从本国去外国工作）一般意义：索赔；2）在专利或许可合同以及很多其他法律文件中，意为权利主张”claim 1)“parent在法律文件中如无特指，均指母公司 ，千万不可译为 父母 （曾经犯过一次糊涂）“”“ ”subject to Article * hereof受本合同第条约束×（四）premises 场地facilities 场地；工厂credit note 贷记通知单in substantially the same form as. 格式与实质一致substantially the same in all material respects 在所有重大方面实质

8、相同 create.obligation 设立 义务this Section 14 本第 14 条（ “本”字勿省略）compensatory damages 损害性赔偿金caused their duly authorized representatives to 促使其正式授权代表offer/counter -offer 要约 / 反要约（见于Agency Agreement ）(NOT 发盘 / 还盘 )closing 交割（多见于股权转让、资产购买合同中）e.g. closing day 交割日pre-closing matters 交割前事项The remainder of this

9、 page is intentionallyleft blank 本页以下无正文（签字页见下页）一并和单独作为（NOT连带责任）jointly and severally ase.g.在股权转让协议中的一方：jointly and severally as "Transferees"一并和单独作为受让方“”imposed changes 被迫变更in good faith善意（ NOT 诚信）costs and expenses 成本和费用amendment to amended and restated.修订及重述本controlling, controlled by o

10、r under common control with. 控制 ××，受 ××控制或与 ××共同受另一（实体）控制的 yyunjust enrichment不当得利This contract shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with PRClaw. 本合同受中国法律管辖，并依中国法律解释。（五）subject to.在遵守的前提下（不建议译为“根据 ”）一旦终止（优于在终止时）upon termination of. “ ” changing of the shar

11、eholdings 股权结构变更 (非“持股比例变化 ”) beneficially owned 实益拥有beneficial owner实益拥有人officers现译高级职员（原译管理人员 ）“”diminution of goodwill商誉下降(非 善意减少”)“on the face of this Agreement在本协议首页work product 工作成果severance pay upon termination (of employmentcontract) （劳动合同）终止时的经济补偿post-employment离职卸任后（非 雇用后）/“”release. to. (

12、account)解付到（指定账户等）sibling 兄弟姐妹brothers -in-law and sisters-in-law配偶的兄弟姐妹和兄弟姐妹的配偶credit facility(ies)信贷融通e.g. short -term credit facilities.inmoderate Hong Kong Dollar eight-figure range金额在八位数港元范围内的短期信贷融通ProvincialBureau of Commerce省商务厅（注意这里的bureau应根据上下文译成厅“ ”，而非通常意义的 局 ）“ ”a highly-valued customer 极

13、为重要的客户信函中的现译为事由，原译为关于”Re:“subject matter现译为标的，原译所议事项”“writ of attachment or possesseion 扣押令或管有令"full cashless exercise" method (in stock option incentive) 无现金全部行权方式（期权奖励）underlying相关的e.g. underlying shares 相关股份encumbrances 现译产权负担，原译“权利障碍 ”（六）writ of attachment or possession 扣押令或管有令full cas

14、hlessexercise method (in stock option incentive program) 无现金全部行权方式underlying相关的e.g. underlying shares 相关股份unless.除非否则（为表明逻辑关系，否则不可省）land parcel 地块owned property自有不动产outstanding amounts 未偿款项outstanding guarantees 未偿担保系列产品product lines系列产品product lines covering.e.g.on-sale转售（法律英语中的特定用法，不能译为促销 ）“ ”comp

15、letion交割；成交e.g. completiondate 成交日fully discharged全部清偿for the avoidance of doubt 为避免疑义representation and warranty声明和保证（原译 陈述和保证）“”ancillary contract配套合同contemplated拟议的（原译预期的 ）“”e.g. the transactioncontemplated by this contract本合同拟议的交易deed of non-compete undertakings 不竞争承诺契据in respect of就而言remedies补救

16、（或译救济措施 ）“”in one's capacity as以身份e.g. in his capacity as the Vendor（ * ）以卖方身份so far as practicable 在实际可行的范围内without affecting the generality of the foregoing.在不影响上述一般性规定的前提下（原译“普遍性 ”）then in effect 届时有效（不译为“当时 ”）prevailing 届时的（不译为“通行的 ”）at the time 届时（不译为 “目前 ”）financial instrument金融工具（不可误译为财务报

17、表 ）“”sub-licensee被分许可人（不译为分被许可人）“”（七）pursuant to除常用的 依据之意外，还可根据上下文作在之后 解。“ ”“”innure to the benefit of对有利or有利于（优于 及于的利益）“”hereby特此（原译在此 ）“ ”net of扣除（有时译不含 ）e.g. net of returns扣除退货（净收入 ）“”NOT“”represent XXXcompany in XXX(matter)就（事项）担任（公司）的律师代表XXXXXXadvise XXXcompany on XXX就（事项）为（公司）提供法律咨询服务XXXXXXent

18、irely independentof the forumin which this Agreement or any part hereof may come up forconstruction, interpretationor enforcement无论本协议或其任何部分在哪一管辖地进行诠释、解释或执行（关于 carbon credit ）carbon credit 碳排放额度CleanDevelopment Mechanism (CDM) 清洁发展机制Certified EmissionsReduction (CERs) 核证减排量Emission Reduction Purchas

19、eAgreement (ERPA) 减排量购买协议prepayment 在贷款协议中译 “提前还款 ”，而不是 “预付款 ” advances 放款（ NOT“预支款 ”）the next item of business before the meeting 会议上讨论的下一事项 （此处 before=at ，不可译 “之前 ”）promissory fraud 票据欺诈（ NOT “约定欺诈 ”）necessary or desirable 必需或可取的incidental or consequential damages 附带或后果性的损害赔偿indirec, special, puni

20、tive or exemplary damages 间接、特别、惩罚性或惩戒性的损害赔偿 predictated on = based on 基于，依据factual predicate 事实认定fail of their essential purpose 未实现其基本目的service mark 服务标志trade name 商号（NOT “商品名称 ”）publicity宣传press release 新闻稿reportable transaction应申报交易（优于 “可报告交易 ”）Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein b

21、y this reference 附件 A（经此处提及并纳入本协议）free and clear of any encumbrances, charges, liens or other rights or claims 不含有任何产权负担、抵押、留置权或其他权利或权利要求validity, construction and performance of this Contract 本合同的效力、释义和履行 all the paid-in registerred capital 全部已缴付注册资本errors or omissions 错误或疏忽gross negligence 重大过失wil

22、lful misconduct故意不当行为（优于有意）“ ”successorand permitted assigns 继承人和获准受让人effect of termination终止效力to the extent permitted by law 在法律允许的范围内inreparable harm 不可弥补的伤害organization chart 组织结构图（八）may be subject to可能会发生in sb's sole reasonable discretion XX自行合理认定（不译全权 ）“ ”act upon sth依行事（不译行动 ）“”invoice dat

23、e账单日期（不译开票日期 ）“”(use the software) in a service bureau or time sharing arrangement 在外包服务机构或分时安排中（使用软件）identified指明为（不译 “认定为 ”或 “确定为 ”）uses the same degree of care in safeguarding such information as it uses for its own information of like importance 对此等信息加以审慎保护，如同保护其自身同等重要的信息一样applicable相关的（ 适用法律除外）

24、“”registrationstatement 注册说明书automatically renew for additional one year periods逐年自动续期一年receiver（破产）财产管理人（不译接收人 ）“”supporting documentation辅助文档（不译证明文件 ）“”all jurisdictional and venue defences 所有管辖权及审判地抗辩overnight courier service次日快递服务（不译隔夜快递 ）“”independent contractor独立缔约方（不译承包商）“”couterparts复本（不译副本）

25、“”current income tax liabilities 当期所得税负债being an office or record（作为）官方登记机构net of 扣除（不译 “不含 ”）This Agreement shall be executed in English and Chinese本协议签署中英文文本（不译本协“议应以英文和中文签署）”the presiding arbitrator shall not be a current or former national of either the USAor the PRC 首席仲裁员目前和过去的国籍均不得为美国或中国国籍（不译

26、“首席仲裁员不得为美国或中国的现国民或前国民 ”）damages 损害赔偿liquidated damages 预定违约金non-compete竞业禁止 / 不竞争incorporated注册成立（不译设立 ）“”as defined below定义见下文（不译如下文定义）“”xxx percent of fully paid -in registered capital interest in the Company 目标公司全部实缴注册资本百分之 XXX的权益operating company 运营公司use its (his/her, etc.) best efforts 尽其最大努力p

27、ay in lieu of notice 支付代通知金term sheet 条款书（其他译法：原则性条款、主要条款等）turnaround重组vis-avis 面对e.g. obligations vis-avis xxx 对 XXX的义务xxx (e.g. rep office) operate under xxx (e.g. FICE)= operate under the name of 以 名义从事经营right of attribution署名权mutual termination contract/agreement 共同终止合同 / 协议 mandatory general of

28、fer 强制性全面要约（公司收购） technical expertise and know -how 专门技术知识和诀窍 expertise and experience 专业知识和经验grossed up 返计还原insurance portfolios保险业务provisions 规定 （ cf. terms 条款conditions条件）on the account of 为on one's own account 为其自身absent from work without authorization or reasonable reason 擅自缺勤或无合理理由缺勤 manag

29、ing director 常务董事（不译 “董事总经理 ”） without prejudice （出现在律师函上）内容不具约束力（九）housing loan interest subsidy 房贷利息补贴for cause 因故to apply mutatis mutandis (to) 在细节上做必要修改后适用（于）lock-up 禁售mandatory law 强行法in case of gapsin this Agreement在本协议中如有漏洞A's representation on the board of directors of B A 向 B 董事会委派代表担任董

30、事 subject matter or diversity jurisdiction （美）联邦诉讼标的或联邦法院管辖权personal jurisdiction 属人管辖权incorporatedby reference经在此提及而并入的duty of trust and confidence 忠实和保密义务earnings threshold （所得税）起征点Lower Earnings Limit (LEL) （英）底限收入Upper Earnings Limit (UEL) （英）上限收入on even date于本协议同一日good, valid and marketable tit

31、le to.对拥有合法、有效和适销的所有权like or similar同类或类似crossdefault交叉违约（ NOT 连带）rights and remedies 权利和救济original issue 初（原）始发行（股份）e.g. countersign as or register as original issue, 作为原始股份进行确认或登记 transfer agent 过户代理（ NOT 转让）insolvency资不抵债cf. bankruptcy (破产 )excusabledelay可免责的 延迟without undue delay 不得无故拖延any actio

32、n taken or omitted to be taken 采取或 未能采取的任何行动personal representatives and successors 遗产代理人 和继承人（ NOT 个人代表） free from all liens, charges and encumbrances 不附带任何留置权、押记和产权负担 long stop date 最后期限日to submit or entice away 招徕或 挖走（十）? Lost savings 未实现的节约Armslength service contract公平服务合同Merger or consolidation

33、吸收合并或新设合并Registration statement 上市登记表Release 免责函Notice pay 代通知金Severancepay 离职（经济）补偿Severanceplan 离职计划Post-contractual 合同终止后（ NOT 合同签订后）的cf. post-employmentIn good order and standing 处于良好的工作状态（standing 无需译为“符合各项规定”）Statutory or contractual payment法定或合同规定的付款Inure to the benefit of以 为受益人Without regard

34、 to the principles of conflict of laws 但不考虑其法律冲突原则By operation of law 通过（因）法律的施行（实施）(appointment of) representatives to the Board 向（ XXX公司）董事会委派董事（NOT 代表）兹指出(It is) noted that(it is) resolved that兹决议(Company may) on any ground and in any circumstance allowable under the law在法律允许的范围内，（公司可以）在任何情形下、以任何

35、理由 Free cash return on equity 自由现金形式的股本回报By or on behalf of由 或其代表（ or 由 或代表 ， NOT 由或代表 ）For avoidance of doubt 为避免歧义 /疑义Rounded up/downto the next向上 / 下取整为Duly organized, validly existing and in good standing 正式组建、有效存续且资格完备Break date 中止日 cf. Long stop date (an obligation, etc.)enforceable against or

36、 recoverable from对 强制执行或由 赔偿Hold oneself out as 自称为 为了吸引/促成 As an inducement for/toAppear on its face从表面上看Backup withholding备用预扣税（见于W-8BEN 或 W-9 表格）Central bank of issue 国外指定银行（见于W-8BEN 或 W-9 表格， NOT发钞中央银行）Sweep feature 自动转存功能（见于 W-8BEN 或 W-9 表格， NOT 扫描特征）Land grant 土地出让（ betterthan 授予）Land grant te

37、rm 土地出让期限Operative provisions正文（主体条款）（十一）omnibus resolution综合决议on the ground 当地的 e.g. resources, etc.withhold payments拒付款项(NOT 预扣 )cf. which (i.e. consent) shall not be unreasonably withheld 不得无理拒绝给予同意sell-to -cover exercise 以出售支付的方式行权（股票期权计划）cashlesssell-all method无现金全部出售（行权）方式specific performance特

38、定 / 强制履行trading as (abbr. TA)以名义经营（常见于签字页）cf. Doing BusinessAs (abbr. DBA) 经营名称arm's length (transaction, deal, etc.) principle公平交易原则arm's length pricing公平定价flexible working hour system不定时工作制out of and in connection with因而产生且与其相关的（这里的out of=because of）with X month notice to a month's end

39、 提前 X 个月通知（自通知当月结束后起算）capitalised terms定义词（大写词 ）better than “”.that otherwise would be issued 本应发放的（注意otherwise 的含义）sell-down 减持（股票）deposited in xxx/paid to xxxfor value on (DATE)按（日期）价值支付给/存入borrower/lender 借款人 / 贷款人cf. borrowings/loans借款 /贷款opening statement期初报表as consideration for (among othergood andvaluable consideration the receipt of which ishereby acknowledged).作为针对而给予的良好、有价值的对价（特此确认收到此等对价）之一部分unless otherwise provided by local law without the possibility of contractual waiver or limitation 但当地法律另行规定不得通过合同放弃或限制者除外(十二 )? drawn agai