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FIFTY TIPS FO?R WRITING THE? 21ST CENTURY? CONTRACT THA?T STAYS OUT O?F COURT二十一世纪?写好合同的五十招 作者：J?ames.Martin译?者：胡清平 Publish?ed in The Flo?rida Bar Jour?nal, Nov. 200?0（本文于2000年11?月发表于美国佛罗里达州的律?师杂志上）Note: T?his article i?s for backgro?und purposes ?only and is n?ot intended a?s legal advic?e.作者注：本文仅供参考?，并不旨在提供法律意见译?者注：翻译本文并未得到原作?者同意，故译文仅供学习和研?究使用. ?????? Welco?me to the 21s?t Century. Wh?ere practicin?g law require?s us to don t?he garb of co?mputers and t?he Internet. ?And where lit?igation is as? costly as ev?er. Lawyer bi?lls running $?10,000 a mont?h are not unu?sual in a hot?ly contested ?breach of con?tract lawsuit?. With every ?word, phrase ?and sentence ?carrying the ?potential for? winning or l?osing, the st?akes are high?. Simple logi?c, therefore,? directs us t?o cautious an?d thoughtful ?drafting. 新世纪?的到来，要求我们在法律实践?中应该多用电脑和互联网，不?过，诉讼成本还是那么地高，?面对日益竞争激烈的违约诉讼?，律师每月开出1万美元的账?单也是常有的事。合同中的每?一个字，每一个词，每一句话?，都意味着潜在的输或赢，换?句话说，押在这上面下的赌注?也很大，所以，在起草合同时?要把握两条原则：小心谨慎和?深思熟虑。 Draftin?g contracts i?s actually on?e of the simp?le pleasures ?of practicing? law. Just 3 ?years ago at ?this Conventi?on I presente?d 50 tips for? contract wri?ting. This ar?ticle updates? those tips i?n the context? of our new t?ools and abil?ities. Follow?ing these tip?s could resul?t in your wri?ting a contra?ct so clear n?o one will wa?nt to litigat?e it, saving ?your client f?rom the trial?s and tribula?tions of liti?gation, truly? a good reaso?n to write th?e contract th?at stays out ?of court. 然而，?起草合同的确又是法律实践中?一件有意思的事儿。大约三年?前，也是在这样一个会议上，?我提出了合同起草的50招。?本文在那些招数的基础上，结?合一些新的工具和技能，推出?了下面这个新版本,但愿它们?能帮助你起草无可挑剔的合同?，让你的客户免受诉讼的困扰?。 These tips ?apply to writ?ing all kinds? of agreement?s: office lea?ses, real est?ate contracts?, sales agree?ments, employ?ment contract?s, equipment ?leases, prenu?ptial agreeme?nts. They eve?n apply to st?ipulations an?d settlements? in litigatio?n, where you ?want an agree?ment so clear? that it avoi?ds future lit?igation. Wher?ever clarity ?and simplicit?y are im