Abstract:

Standards of legal translation competence should be constructed upon general scales of interpretation and translation competence of China’s Standards of English Language Ability and legal translation competence per se, which include not only standards of translation for general purposes, but also the standards of translation for legal purposes, including standards of terminology subcompetence, discourse subcompetence, etc. Research on standards of legal translation competence can contribute to the field of legal translation assessment, as well as play a guiding role in screening and training legal translation talents and help cultivate foreign-related legal talents.

Key words: legal translation competence, standards of translation competence, China’s Standards of English Language Ability