Theoretic Framework and Violation of Norms in Laws and Regulations Translation

Abstract

Modern laws and regulations represents an irreplaceable part of rule-of-law culture of China and the outstanding achievements of Chinese rule-of-law modernization construction. As more and more local governments also joined in regulations and rules translation, translation norms have to be paid more attention to. Under the guidance of norm theory of western descriptive translation studies, much violation of translation norms can still be found in current legal translation, for instance, not well-formed working mechanism, inadequate cultivation of interdisciplinary legal translation talents, unsystematic and unsustainable standardization work, and the separation of translation practice and research. While actively translating laws and regulations, China should also actively highlight and join in the standardization of legal translation. Targeting at the existing problems, the corresponding countermeasures have been proposed to facilitate the formation of complete and orderly translation norms.