Abstract：For quite a long time, the English translation of the names of current Chinese laws and regulations lacks a unified standard. The discrepancy of the English translation regarding the names of the laws and regulations often brings confusion to people from legal professionals to academic circles, especially to foreign readers. At present, there are some problems in the English translation concerning the names of existing Chinese laws and regulations with higher levels of legal force, i.e., the laws promulgated by the National People’s Congress and its Standing Committee and the administrative regulations enacted by the State Council. As far as the names are concerned, the prominent problems are (1) lengthy English translation full of Chinese characteristics; (2) the inconsistent use of prepositions following the form words; and (3) different forms of pre-modifying attributes in front of the “Law”. This paper attempts to analyze the existing problems in the English translation of the names of Chinese laws and regulations, conduct a comparative study with the names of laws and regulations in the U.S.A., find out the reasons for the existing problems in China, and put forward some relevant suggestions to solve the problems in the end. The proposed suggestions are (1) referring to the authoritative version when adopting the English names in translation; (2) simplifying the length and structure of the name translation as much as possible; (3) developing a consistent structural standard for different form words; and (4) trying to unify the form of the “Law”.
张清. 中国法律法规英译名存在的问题研究[J]. 浙江工商大学学报, 2018, 32(1): 32-41.
ZHANG Qing. A Study on the English Translation of the Names of Chinese Laws and Regulations. Journal of Zhejing Gongshang University, 2018, 32(1): 32-41.
2018, Vol. 32 
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