| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| 1.1 Purpose | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2 Significance | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Structure | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Fidelity and Diction | 第15-20页 |
| 2.1 Fidelity | 第15-18页 |
| 2.1.1 Fidelity and Its Variety | 第15-16页 |
| 2.1.2 Fidelity and Its Evolution in Translation | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2 Diction | 第18-19页 |
| 2.3 Diction in Legal Language | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter 3 Fidelity in Translation | 第20-38页 |
| 3.1 Fidelity as a General Principle in Translation | 第21-27页 |
| 3.1.1 In the Western | 第21-24页 |
| 3.1.2 In China | 第24-27页 |
| 3.2 Fidelity in Legal Translation | 第27-38页 |
| 3.2.1 In the Western | 第28-33页 |
| 3.2.2 In China | 第33-38页 |
| Chapter 4 Fidelity in Legal Translation: at Its Word Level | 第38-63页 |
| 4.1 The Word Features of Legal English | 第38-49页 |
| 4.1.1 Common Words in Legal Sense | 第39-41页 |
| 4.1.2 Archaisms | 第41-42页 |
| 4.1.3 Loan Words | 第42-43页 |
| 4.1.4 Terms of Art | 第43-45页 |
| 4.1.5 Reduplication of Synonyms or Near-synonyms | 第45-47页 |
| 4.1.6 Deliberate Use of Vague Words | 第47-49页 |
| 4.2 Word Interpretation: Its Influence on Legal Translation | 第49-52页 |
| 4.3 Fidelity in Translating the Legal Words | 第52-58页 |
| 4.3.1 Fidelity in Frozen Sense of the Legal Words | 第53-56页 |
| 4.3.2 Fidelity in Legal Sense of the Plain Words | 第56-58页 |
| 4.4 Strategies for Translating the Legal Words | 第58-63页 |
| 4.4.1 Amplification | 第60-61页 |
| 4.4.2 Paraphrase | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter 5 Fidelity in Legal Translation: at Its Term Level | 第63-88页 |
| 5.1 The Features of Legal English Terms | 第63-72页 |
| 5.1.1 Terms from Other Languages | 第65-69页 |
| 5.1.2 Frequent Use of Everyday Words with Uncommon Meanings | 第69-70页 |
| 5.1.3 Formal Archaic Words and Expressions | 第70-72页 |
| 5.2 Term Interpretation: Its Influence on Legal Translation | 第72-74页 |
| 5.3 Fidelity in Translating Legal Terms | 第74-81页 |
| 5.3.1 Fidelity in Meanings | 第75-77页 |
| 5.3.2 Fidelity in Its Structure | 第77-81页 |
| 5.4 Strategies for Translating the Legal Terms | 第81-88页 |
| 5.4.1 Functional Equivalents | 第82-85页 |
| 5.4.2 Borrowings and Naturalizations | 第85-86页 |
| 5.4.3 Explanatory Translation | 第86-88页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第88-94页 |
| 6.1 Fidelity: a Paradoxical Dilemma | 第88-90页 |
| 6.2 A Dialectical Viewpoint to Balance the Two Extremes | 第90-94页 |
| References | 第94-99页 |
