Abstract

Letter of credit is one of important payment methods in international business, it is a kind of business English. The language in letter of credit also has its own stylistic features, and its words must be rigorous, standardized, rigid and professional. The general focus in translation is on the words, bacause many words have different meanings in general situation. Therefore, how to understand and examine the terms and conditions in the credit correctly would be very important in business. This paper will probe into the interpretation and examination of letter of credit clauses, so as to draw the attention of the learners. Therefore, the learners should strictly examine every detail of the letter of credit, and ask for some amendments without delay if any unreasonable clause exists in it. It mainly discuss the change of semanteme set in clauses, structure characteristics of sentences in clauses so as to examine from the perspective of its effectiveness, conformity and fraudulence to explore the details of the letter of credit and interpret the clauses in details with professional analysis, it will enable the learner in his process of examining the letter of credit, so as to avoid some possible discrepancies, which may cause a great loss in actual business.

Keywords: letter of credit; abbreviation; sentence structure; participial phrase; examination

摘要

信用证是国际贸易中一种非常重要的支付方式，其语言也是商务英语的一个重要方面，有其自身的文体特征，具有精确性、规范性、严谨性和专业性的特点。在翻译时要特别注意它的词汇，很多词汇的意义在普通应用和信用证应用中是不同的。因此，在贸易中如何正确地理解和审核信用证的条款至关重要。本文主要是对信用证条款的解读与审核，以引起学习者的注意，更加严格的审查信用证的每一个细节，如果发现不合理的条款能够及时修改。主要从信用证条款中词义转换、句子结构特点和条款的有效性、一致性和一些软条款方面分析信用证条款细节，对信用证条款进行详细地解读与审核，帮助学习者更好地审核信用证，尽量避免实际贸易中可能会造成重大损失的不符点。

关键词：信用证;缩略语;句子结构;分词短语;审核