实例:
To start your case,you have to have the defendant served with a Summons and a Complaint.You can serve these 2papers together.
翻译:
要提起诉讼,你必须将传票和民事起诉书送达至被告。你可以把这两项文书同时送达。
知识拓展:
Complaint常译为“民事起诉状”,在刑事诉讼法中,可以译为“告诉”。“不告不理”译为“no trial without complaint”
几个相关词汇:
indictment(大陪审团公诉书)、presentment(大陪审团起诉报告)、information(检察机关的起诉书)。
举例:
Cases of private prosecution include the following:(1)cases to be handled only upon complaint;(2)cases for which the victims have evidence to prove that those are minor criminal cases...
译文:
自诉案件包括下列案件:(一)告诉才处理的案件;(二)被害人有证据证明的轻微刑事案件……
中译英:
在起诉状中,要将你提出的损害赔偿要求一一列出,这点很重要。