NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ENGLISH LE THI MO BUSINESS ENGLISH 58A A STUDY ON THE TRANSLATION OF CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS AMONG BUSINESS ENGLISH STUDENTS AT NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY Le Thi Mo- 11163448- Business English 58A NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ENGLISH LE THI MO BUSINESS ENGLISH 58A A STUDY ON THE TRANSLATION OF CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS AMONG BUSINESS ENGLISH STUDENTS AT NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY Hanoi, May, 2020 Le Thi Mo- 11163448- Business English 58A ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It would not be an overstatement to say that the research would not have been sucessfully accomplished if my supervisor, lecturers, colleagues, friends and family do not give me the support. First and foremost, I would like to give my gratitute to my respectful Mrs Tran Minh Chau for her detailed instruction, meticulous comments, invaluable advices and great encouragement throughout the process of conducting the research. Her support has been a great motivation and inspiration for me to successfully complete this research paper. Secondly, I sincerely thank to all the lecturers at the Faculty of Foreign Languages.
They provide me with precious lectures that play vital roles not only in my accomplishment of the research but also in my future. Thirdly, I would like to express my great appreciation to BE students with their enthusiasm in the process of taking part in my online survey, interview. Thanks to their contribution, the research gains notable results with remarkable findings. Finally, my deepest regconition and gratitude is to my friends and my family who always show their dedicated support for me whenever I feel frustrated or whenever I encounter challenges during the time of carrying out the study.
Le Thi Mo- 11163448- Business English 58A EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the context of global economic integration, overcoming geographical and linguistic barriers, the International Sale of Goods (ISG) is increasingly popular. In order to guarantee the benefits of parties in this business transactions, Contracts for the International Sale of Goods are indispensable. This study is carried out to discover the major difficulties that Business English students encounter when translating these contracts, clarify the reasons behind these difficulties and recommend practical solutions to overcome such challenges. To gain the most remarkable findings, a set of methods was conducted including survey, semi-structured interview and analysis of translation portfolio.
In detail, an online survey was successfully carried out with the scale of 60 students in BE Department; interviews with 5 students from the same major were also conducted to gain an in-depth look this topic; a collected translation portfolio of 10 BE students was also analyzed to find out the specific and reliable evidence for the findings. In the next stage, the data was collected, processed, and analyzed. Finally, the researcher clearly indicated the results. The gained findings indicate that BE students, in general, have the fundamental knowledge as well as highly appreciate the role of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
However, they show their weakness and limited ability in the field of translation of these contracts. In addition, BE students also encounter some notable difficulties when translating them which are in both the lexical and syntactic aspects of legal language used in this kind of Contracts. The reasons behind these difficulties are the lack of knowledge in area of International Business, legal language as well as the lack of translation skills. Concerning about these difficulties, some applicable and possible recommendations are proposed for Be students to overcome such challenges and enhance their ability in the translation of these contracts in the future.
These suggestions can be viewed as efficient not only for BE students but also those aiming at improving them in translating in this field. Le Thi Mo- 11163448- Business English 58A LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS BE: Business English CISG: Contracts for the International Sale of Goods IBTs: International Business Transactions ICC: The International Chamber of Commerce ISG: The International Sale of Goods NEU: National Economics University SL: Source Language TL: Target Language Le Thi Mo- 11163448- Business English 58A LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Table 3.1: Methods that BE students apply to overcome the difficulties they encounter when translating Contracts for the International Sale of Goods Figure 3.1: The percentage of BE students who have the qualified definition of Contract for the International Sale of Goods Figure 3.2: The BE students' Assessment of the role of Contract for the International sale of goods Figure 3.3: BE students’ self assessment of their ability to translate Contracts for the International Sale of Goods Figure 3.4: The number of BE students with incorrect translation of phrases and sentences selected from Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.5: BE students’ evaluation of difficulty level in the translation of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods Figure 3.6: BE students’ opinion about aspect they find difficult when translating Contracts for the International Sale of Goods Figure 3.7: BE students’ frequency of encountering difficulties in lexcial aspect when translating Contracts for the International Sale of Goods Figure 3.8: BE students’ evaluation of difficulties in lexcial aspect when translating Contracts for the International Sale of Goods Figure 3.9: BE students’ frequency of encountering difficulties in syntactic aspect when translating Contracts for the International Sale of Goods Figure 3.10: BE students’ evaluation of difficulties in syntactic aspect when translating Contracts for the International Sale of Goods Figure 3.11: BE students’ assessment of importance of reasons behind the difficulties they face when translating Contracts for the International Sale of Goods Le Thi Mo- 11163448- Business English 58A TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION. G1 ng ng TH TH ng nh Hư 1 1.Background of the SfUy.Purposes of the StUdY .Scope of the Study 0. eter eee rere.
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BE students’ assessment of their ability to translate Contracts for the International Sale of Le Thi Mo- 11163448- Business English 58A 3. Difficulties in lexical aspect that BE students encounter when translating Contracts for the International Sale Of GOOdS. Difficulties in syntactic aspects that BE students encounter when translating Contracts for the International Sale Of GOOdS. The reasons behind the difficulties BE students face when translating Contracts for the International Sale Of GOOS.
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Recommendations for overcoming difficulties in lexical aspect when translating Contracts for the International Sale Of ŒOO(s. Recommendations for overcoming difficulties in syntactic aspect when translating Contracts for the International Sale Of OOdS.-- 11111 nọ nh vv vế 46 9 9) 900Á3/9)025.Summary of findings .- ---- - eer errr ners ngvà 49 2.The limitation of the research.- c1 nh ki ki vế 50 3.Suggestions for further S(UI€S. ee eee eee eee ng Họ gọi kh 50 REFERENCES APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 2 Le Thi Mo- 11163448- Business English 58A CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1. Background of the study It goes without saying that translation plays an essential role in the modern world because of its huge effect on our life.
Translation is defined as a process performed in which a text is substituted from one language into another one. Furthermore, translation can be defined as conveying the message of the SL text into the TL text in a precise manner. The first obvious importance of translation is to spread information, knowledge, and ideas throughout the world. It is undeniable that the translation helps people gain a broad understanding of different contexts without having thorough knowledge of the root language.
Therefore, thanks to it, we have more opportunities to approach all developments in technology and information as well as keep up-to- date with the latest discoveries in the diverse fields of knowledge. The second significance of translation is that it has always been an inter-lingual transfer, and an intercultural communication. Translation not only enhances global interaction but also allows the establishment of international relationships among countries in terms of economics, politics, technology, etc. Nowadays, in the era of globalization, different countries are making remarkable change in which they market various goods and services.
The nations with self- sustainable economies are changing route towards IBTs. Particularly, Viet Nam, is still a developing country, however, is considered as a nation with the potential market for international trade. In the process of deep and broad integration of our economy with the world economies, comprehensive trade relationships between Vietnamese organizations and individuals with foreign ones are expanding. Vietnam’s foreign economic activities are diverse, including international goods trading, international investment, technology transfer.
Particularly, international goods trading, in other words, import and export activities are the most popular and important ones in the context that Viet Nam has signed many international treaties on trade within the framework of WTO. According to a recent report, Vietnam’s imports and exports of goods and services are worth 79.79% of its GDP. It ranks 78" internationally in the ease of doing business rankings among international business transacting countries. Therefore, it is clear that in the future, Le Thi Mo- 11163448- Business English 58A Viet Nam will have more opportunities to develop and gain a remarkable achievement in the sector of international purchase and sale of goods.
In fact, to enhance the ability to integrate and trade across borders, a nation requires a need of the contribution of various factors. One of the most central ones is overcoming the language barrier. Because today’s multicultural society is demanding efficient communication in the international business process, the role of the translation as well as the translator is critical. The translator not only helps the enterprises in the process of negotiation with foreign partners but also contributes to the success of the trade through providing trustworthy translated version of documents, sale contracts between parties in both the source and the target language.
Currently, the international goods trading relations between entities are expressed in the legal form of CISG. This kind of document is considered as the most important one because it establishes the legal basis for ISG of parties. Moreover, most of CISG are written in English because of its popularity all over the world. As a result, the translation of International Sale Contracts from English into Vietnamese and vice versa is considered to be necessary and challenging.
First, the translation of Sale Contracts requires absolute accuracy because making mistakes or mistranslating legal texts will lead to serious consequences.