法律英语词汇
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单词:delegate [ˈdɛliɡət] n[C] one who represents or acts for another person or group
delegation [ˌdɛliˈɡeiʃən] n[C] a group of representatives
delegate和delegation是法律文件中使用频率很高的词汇,下面我们逐一讲解它们的常用义项。
首先delegate是可数名词,意思是“代表”,与“representative”同义。与之相应,delegation也是可数名词,意思是“代表团”。
索引词:delegate
例文:[例1]
Delegates highlighted improvements to their national legal frameworks and mechanisms that allowed for States, individuals and legal entities to be compensated as victims. 代表们着重介绍了对本国法律框架和法律机制的改进,这些改进使国家、个人和法律实体能够以受害人身分获得赔偿。
[例2]
Observations about the inhuman conditions on death row were made by delegates to the high-level panel discussion on the question of the death penalty held by the Human Rights Council in March 2014. 人权理事会在2014年3月举行了死刑问题高级别小组讨论会,代表们就死囚牢房的不人道状况发表了意见。
[例3]
The Committee appreciates the constructive dialogue that took place between the delegation and the Committee, while noting that some questions were not fully answered. 委员会赞扬代表团与委员会之间进行的建设性对话,但委员会注意到仍有一些问题没有详尽解答。
[例4]
On the issue of the empowerment of women, the head of the delegation of Trinidad and Tobago mentioned the increasing number of women in Parliament and in the Senate, noting that the presiding officers of the two houses were women. 关于增强妇女权能问题,特立尼达和多巴哥代表团团长提到在议会和参议院中有越来越多的女议员,他特别指出两院的议长都是妇女。
作为动词,delegate有下面两个常用义项:
delegate [ˈdɛliɡeit] ① v.t. to choose someone to do a particular job, or to be a representative of a group, organization, etc. 委派或选举……为代表
固定搭配是delegate sb to do sth
[例5]
In order to give the Buyer’s personnel an opportunity to get acquainted with the Systems and to assist the Seller, the Buyer will delegate trained and experienced engineers to carry out a trial run on the Site. 为了使买方人员有机会熟悉系统及协助卖方,买方将选派训练有素且经验丰富的工程师前往现场进行调试。
② v.t. & v.i. 《布莱克法律词典》对名词delegation的解释是“the act of entrusting another with authority or empowering another to act as an agent or representative”。我们可以看出动词delegate的第二个义项是:授权,委托。在翻译实践中,可以作为delegate的宾语的词汇不仅有authority, power, right等表示权利的词汇,还有duty, obligation, responsibility, work等表示义务的词汇,它的固定搭配是delegate sth to sb
[例6]
Responsibility for preventing child abuse and providing victims with assistance is to be delegated to the municipal authorities. 应当指派市政当局履行防止儿童受虐待和为受害人提供救助的职责。
[例7]
The Lender may delegate in any manner to any person any rights exercisable by the Lender under any Finance Document. Any such delegation may be made upon such terms and conditions (including power to sub-delegate) as the Lender thinks fit. 贷款人可以将它能够依据融资文件行使的任何权利按照任何方式授予任何人。贷款人可以按照自己认为适当的条件进行授权(包括转授权的权力)。
[例8]
The General Manager may delegate his duty to other staff and managers when it is necessary for him to do so. 总经理可以在必要时将自己的职责托付其他工作人员和经理。
[例9]
The Lender hereby appoints the Facility Agent to act as its agent in connection with this Agreement and authorises the Facility Agent to exercise such rights, powers, authorities and discretions as are specifically delegated to the Facility Agent by the terms contained in Part A of Schedule 9 together with all such rights, powers, authorities and discretions as are reasonably incidental thereto. 贷款人特此指定贷款事务代理人担任它的与本协议有关的代理人,并且授权贷款事务代理人行使根据《附件9》A节所载条件专门委托贷款事务代理人行使的权利、权力、职权和裁量权,以及合理附带于这些权利的一切权利、权力、职权和裁量权。
[例10]
Seller may assign its rights and delegate its obligations under this Agreement. Buyer’s rights and obligations under this Agreement are personal in nature and shall not be transferable by assignment, delegation, operation of law, subcontract or otherwise without Seller’s prior written consent and any attempt to do so shall be void. 卖方可以转让它根据本协议享有的权利并且可以转委它根据本协议承担的义务。买方根据本协议享有的权利和承担的义务属于个人性质,如事先未取得卖方书面同意,不得凭借转让、转委、法律的实施、分包或其他方式转让该权利和义务,凡试图转让该权利和义务均属无效。
[例11]
The Coordinating Arranger may delegate any or all of its rights and/or obligations under the Proposed Terms to any of its affiliates (each a "Delegate") and may designate in writing to the Borrower any Delegate of it as responsible for the performance of any of its appointed functions under the Proposed Terms. 协调安排人可以将它在《拟议条款》项下的部分或全部权利和/或义务委托自己的关联机构行使(各该关联机构称为“代理行”),并且可以在给予借款人的书面文件中指定某个代理行负责履行《拟议条款》所规定的协调安排人的职能。