日本語契約書の中訳指導について

教導翻譯日文契約書（Teaching the translation of Japanese contracts into Chinese）

日文系學生畢業後，即使不成為一名專業翻譯員，一旦進入和日本商務有關的企業就業，往往企業也會期待他（她）能翻譯各種商業檔資料，包括電子郵件、商品規格、使用手冊乃至契約書。本文旨在探討翻譯日文契約書的教學法。筆者首先建議讓學生練習翻譯契約書前，先就何謂契約書作說明，並教導和契約書翻譯有關的一些預備知識：譬如應確實查閱專業術語與法律用語；正確分辨權利與義務；統一同一詞彙之譯詞；以書寫體翻譯等。接下來再就學生的翻譯內容找出不適當的翻譯與錯譯，進行分析以掌握學生易犯錯誤類型與相關教學法。 Students of the department of Japanese language, after graduation, even though not becoming professional translators, once employed by enterprises related to Japanese business, usually will be expected to be able to translate a variety of commercial documents, including emails, product specifications, manuals and even contracts. This paper aims to introduce the teaching method of the translation of Japanese contracts into Chinese. First, before having students practice, I suggest explaining what a contract is, and teaching the preliminary knowledge of contract translation; for example, how to consult dictionaries for specialized and legal terminology; how to distinguish correctly rights and obligations; how to unify a translation for the same vocabulary; and how to write using literary expressions, etc. Then on the basis of the students’ actual translations, find their inappropriate renderings and errors, and proceed with an analysis to locate the kinds of errors students easily make and next pinpoint the best teaching methods to use for instruction.