1103高口翻译汉译英解析

发布时间：2011-03-24

作者：张娟

来源于：昂立外语网站

原文：

合营企业设董事会，其人数组成由合营各方协商，在合同、章程中确定，并由合营各方委派。董事会是合营企业的最高权力机构，决定合营企业的一切重大问题。董事长由合营各方协商确定或由董事会选举产生。董事长是合营企业法定代表人。董事长不能履行职责时，应授权其他董事代表合营企业。

董事会会议由董事长负责召集并主持。董事会会议应当有2/3以上董事出席方能举行。董事不能出席的，可以出具委托书委托他人代表其出席和表决。董事会会议应用中文和英文作详细记录，并在会议结束后14日内送交每位董事，由出席董事会会议的各位董事签字确认。

点评：本次高口汉译英考查了合资企业的董事会。涉及到了董事会的组成、董事长的产生、以及董事会议具体细节问题。总体难度适中。

文中的核心词汇的翻译分别是：

合营企业：joint venture

董事会： a board of directors

董事长：the chairman of the board

合营企业法定代表人：the legal representative of the joint venture

董事会会议：the board meeting

董事：director

参考译文：

A joint venture shall have a board of directors, which shall have its size and composition stipulated in the contract and the articles of association after consultation between the parties to the venture. Members of the directors shall be appointed and designated by the parties to the venture. The board of directors shall be the highest authority of a joint venture that shall decide all major matters concerning it. The chairmen of a board are determined by the parties to the venture or elected by the board of directors. The chairman of the board is the legal representative of the joint venture. When the chairman is unable to perform. his duties, he shall authorize another director to represent the joint venture.

The board meeting is to be called and presided over by the chairman of the board. It shall be held only when over two-third of the directors are present. If a director is unable to attend the meeting，he may issue a power of attorney to appoint a proxy to represent him and vote on his behalf. Detailed minutes of the board meeting shall be prepared in Chinese and English and shall be delivered to each director within fourteen （14） days and signed and confirmed by each of them.