现代科技既作为生产力、科技成果既作为工业产权而参与经济活动,就必须受法律的制约。这就规定了科技英语的更为丰富的内涵。例如,很难想象科技英语工作者不谙法律英语,就去处理科技成果涉外专利案件而能胜任愉快。本刊已经发表的有关法律方面如何笔译和口译的论述巳经充分证明了这一点。 As both modern science and technology as a productive force and scientific and technological achievements are both involved in economic activities as industrial property rights, they must be subject to the law. This provides a richer connotation of S & T English. For example, it is hard to imagine that English-speaking S & T workers who do not know legal English can handle the patent-related cases involving foreign scientific and technological achievements with a sense of delight. Our published expositions on how to translate and interpret the legal aspects have fully proved this point.