Translation of Long Sentences in Engineering Contracts under the Theory of Functional Equivalence: Taking FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction (Red Book) as an Example

The FIDIC (Fédération lnternationale Des lngénieurs Conseils) Conditions of Contract for Construction are widely used in international engineering contracts, and their translation also plays an active role the construction China's own contract texts. Due to complexity variety logical levels modifiers, understanding have become a major challenge. This paper will use functional equivalence theory as theoretical guide, take English Chinese versions (1999 Red Book) main research text, analyze long sentences its techniques translation, explore how can deal with complex achieve closest most natural between target language source language.