实例:
Suppose you hire someone to build a fence around your house for $500. When that person reneges, you hire someone else to do the job for $600. You are entitled to collect compensatory damages of $100 from the first fence builder.
译文:
假定你雇用一人在你房子周围修筑一栅栏,你付薪水500美元,但后来这个人毁约了,你又雇用了另一个人做这项工作,这次你得付薪水600美元。你就有权从第一个栅栏工人那里获得100美元的补偿性损害赔偿金。
知识讲解:
Damages常译为“损害赔偿金”、“损害赔偿额”,而damage则被译为“损害”、“伤害”、“破坏”。 损害赔偿金主要有以下几种:nominal damages(象征性损害赔偿金)、liquidated damages(预定损害性赔偿,即“违约金”)、punitive damages(惩罚性损害赔偿金)。
一般说来,违约救济的方法(remedy for breach of contract)主要有:monetary damages(金钱赔偿金)、specific performance(特定履行)、injunction(禁令)等。
pain and suffering常译为“痛苦与创伤”,其与“精神损害赔偿金”类似。 “损害赔偿金” 在美国侵权法中通常是表示对经济损失(例如医疗开支、康复开支)以及财产损失的救济,但有时还包括因被告的过失给原告带来的“痛苦与创伤”等非经济损害的救济,但这种补偿金通常会大大超过经济损失补偿金。
例句:
Generally,the court does not seek to punish the wrongdoer but rather to make the wronged party whole through a money award called damages.
现学现用:
英译汉:
The party injured in the accident may be entitled to damages.