Semantic Differences of Modal Verb "Shall" and "May"in Legal Text Translation

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作者：
Li, Jianbo [1 ]
Chong, Xia [1 ]
机构：
[1] Zhongnan Univ Econ & Law, Sch Foreign Languages, Wuhan, Peoples R China
来源：
PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD NORTHEAST ASIA INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND TRANSLATION, VOLS 1 AND 2 | 2014年
关键词：
law; text; translation; shall; may;
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中图分类号：
H0 [语言学];
学科分类号：
030303 ; 0501 ; 050102 ;
摘要：
The semantic differences of modal verbs exist between legal text and plain text. In legal English, the "shall" expresses "mandate, necessity, or compulsion," especially in statutory or judicial directives, and the "may" is to "be allowed to or have permission to." The paper reasons the differences and analyzes. the basic legal English meanings and the equivalent legal Chinese meanings of "shall" and "may," which is essential for the reasonable translation of "shall" and "may" in legal texts. General rules are deduced from the comparison though the legal English meanings of "shall" and "may" are different from that of plain English and can't be fully matched with the "yinggai" and "Ice'neng" in legal Chinese.
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页码：285 / 290
页数：6
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