翻译练习2

翻译练习二

1、 Unless in any enactment it is otherwise provided, the period of imprisonment, which may be imposed by a magistrate exercising summary jurisdiction, in respect of the non-payment of any sum of money adjudged to be paid by a conviction, whether it be a fine or in respect of the property the subject of the offence, or in respect of the injury done by the offender, or in respect of the default of a sufficient distress to satisfy any such sum, shall be such period as, in the opinion of the magistrate, will satisfy the justice of the case, but shall not exceed in any case the maximum fixed by the following scale ....

除成文法另有规定外﹐对于因不缴付根据定罪裁定须缴付的款项（不论是罚款或就作为罪行主体的财物而须缴付的款项），或因犯罪者所造成的损害﹐或因无足够扣押物以抵偿此等款项，则行使简易程序审判权的裁判官，可判处其认为就案情而言是符合公正原则的监禁刑期，但无论如何不得超过下表所定的最长刑期 ……。

2、 被要约人声明或做出其它行为表示同意一项要约，即是承诺，缄默或不行动本身不等于承诺。

承诺要约于表示同意的通知送达要约人时生效。如果表示同意的通知在要约人所规定的时间内，如未规定时间，在一段合理的时间内，未曾送达要约人，承诺就成为无效，但须适当地考虑到交易的情况，包括要约人所使用的通讯方法的迅速程序。对口头要约必须立即承诺，但情况有别者不在此限。

但是，如果根据该项要约或依照当事人之间确立的习惯作法和惯例，被要约人可

以做出某种行为，例如与发运货物或支付价款有关的行为，来表示同意，而无须向要约人发出通知，则承诺于该项行为做出时生效，但该项行为必须在上一款所规定的期间内做出。

A statement made by or other conduct of the offeree indicating assent to an offer is an acceptance. Silence or inactivity does not in itself amount to acceptance.

An acceptance of an offer becomes effective at the moment the indication of assent reaches the offeror. An acceptance is not effective if the indication of assent does not reach the offeror within the time he has fixed or, if no time is fixed, within a reasonable time, due account being taken of the circumstances of the transaction, including the rapidity of the means of communication employed by the offeror. An oral offer must be accepted immediately unless the circumstances indicate otherwise.

However, if, by virtue of the offer or as a result of practices which the parties have established between themselves or of usage, the offeree may indicate assent by performing an act, such as one relating to the dispatch of the goods or payment of the price, without notice to the offeror, the acceptance is effective at the moment the act is performed, provided that the act is performed within the period of time laid down in the preceding paragraph.