这两天的热词:“阴阳合同”英文到底咋说?

“阴阳合同”,顾名思义,同一事定两份合同,一明一暗。

 

“阴阳合同”不是娱乐圈的专利,更不是中国人的专利。在中外房地产圈,“阴阳合同”很常见。比如,在二手房交易中,“阴合同”显示买卖双方的真实成交价,而“阳合同”套路就多了,既可以把房价写高,向银行骗贷,也可以把价格写低,过户时少交税。

 

“阴阳合同”对应的英文是:dual contract,不妨看看英文法律/商业在线词典的释义。

 

Dual contract refers to a contract between parties who have made two contracts for the same transaction.Sometimes one contract may be used to defraud another(such as a lender) as to the terms of the parties’ actual agreement. This is an illegal or unethical practice of providing two different contracts for the same transaction. Most often, the contract for larger amount is used to apply for a loan and the real contract is for a lower amount.

 

www. uslegal.com

 

A situation in which two contracts with differing terms are simultaneously submitted on a single transactionfor the purpose of securing a loan. The practice is deemed to be unethical, and, in most cases fraudulent.

 

www. businessdictionary.com

 

外媒报道国内影视圈逃税一事多用“dual contract”这个表述,文刀君认为这个表述是最贴切的,英文读者一看就明白怎么回事。“dual contract”还可以写为“double contract”。

 

至于拼音“Yin Yang contracts”,文刀君建议,最好不要单独使用,不妨与上述两种表述混搭,否则要多费唇舌去解释。可参考美国娱乐周刊Variety的用法:…so-called Yin-Yang contracts –in essence, double contracts for the same work.

 

我们写英文,绝大多数情况下要把英文读者是否容易理解放在第一位,要坚持“客户至上”的原则。

细读外媒,我们发现,外媒新闻稿标题一般这样描述范冰冰:China’s X-Men actress Fan Bingbing, ‘X-Men’ Star Fan Bingbing , Days of Future Past’s Fan Bingbing

因为范冰冰出演过电影《X战警:逆转未来》,英文读者对这部电影很熟悉,在范冰冰名字前加上“X-Men”这个信息,就是为了让读者好理解,毕竟Fan Bingbing这个名字在英文读者那里的知名度还不是那么高。

 

同理,我们在英文稿里表述“阴阳合同”这个概念,就可以直接借用“dual contracts”这个现成的概念,如果像国内某些媒体那样,把“dual”改成别的什么词,比如“twin”“duplicate”,再加上个引号,真有点舍近求远,英文读者理解起来也费劲!

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