毕业论文〔设计)An analysis of International Business Contract1.Introduction...2.Definition of contract and its general features...33.Analyzing from the perspective of Theme and Rheme structure....................................43.1 Theme and Rheme Structure ..................53.2 The elements can be served as Theme...........63.3 Three Different Theme and Rheme Structure....3.4 The manner of the Theme and Rheme Progress............85.The corresponding translation in International Trade Contract....................155.1 The corresponding Theme and Rhem structure in Joint Venture Contract.....................155.2 The corresponding Theme and Rhem structure in Technology Transfer Contract..........18References.…毕业论文〔设计)1.IntroductionEveryday people exchange promises with each other in various communications.However,if they have failed to keep the promise they may probably face punishmentby law.In the field of business,contracts are especially important.Every activity to bedone in this field aims to conclude a contract with other people.In this regard,it canconclude that contracts are the key concern among businessmen.Due to long distanceand cultural difference,each party involved in an international business tries tocontrol a business activity by means of a contract.Without contracts it is difficult toimagine how business can be conducted.Contract is an extraordinary functional tool among businessmen in the businessactivities.It has long before become a technique for allocating risk between theparties.By making contracts,parties hope to reduce the uncertainties of life.According to the contract made by and between two parties,rights and obligations ofthe parties are determined by the terms listed.Thus a business conduct can beperformed in a smooth way and their interests based on the contract are achieved.However,a contract always does not mean the guarantee of success in a businessactivity.There are many factors which are worth attention in the course of preparingand implementing a contract.Language,as a necessary means in humancommunications,is an important element in a contract.A problem with the languageof a contract may ruin the prospect of a business.The preciseness of language is anessential requirement for a contract.Zhang Ziming (Zhang Ziming 2004:32)claims2毕业论文〔设计)that any contractual disputes arise out of disagreements over the proper interpretationof a particular phrase in a contract and most of them hinge upon the precise wordingand content of the contract.However,the language of contracts is not easy tounderstand.Wu Weiping (Wu Weiping,2002)points out most people know it difficultreading legal documents (in a narrow sense).In fact non-legal documents likecontracts,trade brands are also difficult to handle.Due to the importance of contractsand difficulty of contractual language,more and more people have been turning theirattention to those contracts study.The present contractual English as a technicallanguage with obvious characteristics,maintains indispensable linguistic devices suchtediously long and complicated sentences,which range in precision,clarity andunambiguity and all-inclusiveness to contracts.2.Definition of contract and its generalfeatures.There are tremendous definitions of a contract.Different country or culture orlaw may have different definitions.A definition by a British contract law is that "Acontract is an agreement intended to be legally binding and supported byconsideration"(consideration,in another name is a promise).The United Statesdefines a contract as "a promise or set of promises for the breach of which the lawgives a remedy,or the performance of which the law in some way recognizes as a"duty"(Gu Baizhong 2003:1).In China,Article 2 in Contract Law of the People's3