英文法律文书简明教程（四）_涉外文书

　括号

　1 在引语中插入你自己选用的单词时，该单词使用括号。

　incorrect: the professor said that "frankfurter evolved from liberal to conservative while on the supreme court (and) blackmun evolved from conservative to liberal."

　correct: the professor said that "frankfurter evolved from liberal to conservative while on the supreme court [and] blackmun evolved from conservative to liberal."

　2 为表示你在引语中改变了一个单词的一部分时，该部分使用括号。此类情形通常发生在为合并引语和你自己的句子时，要把大写字母变小写字母，反之亦然。

　引语:

　"excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." u.s. const. amend. viii.

　不正确合并:

　the eighth amendment provides that "excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." u.s. const. amend. viii.

　正确合并:

　the eighth amendment provides that "[e]xcessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." u.s. const. amend. viii.

　相关参考：引语合并