四、合同用词和用语的改革: 与基础英语相比，合同的词语较复杂、繁冗、晦涩、难读。因此，国外，特别是美国要求法律文件的格式和语言应 当现代化的呼声愈来愈强烈。Robert E. Swindle早在美国1980年出版的The Business Communicator一书中就写到：" ... legal and quasilegal documents can and are being written in everyday language. Several leading companies are rewriting their legal forms voluntarily, and the State of New York recently passed a law requiring that businesses write consumer contracts in nontechnical language. Additionally, the President of the United States has directed all administrative agencies to write future regulations in what he termed plain English for a change." 作为非英美发系的非英语国家，我们应该怎麽应对?Steven认为，万事都有个渐变的过程，长年累月沉淀下来的习惯不是一下就能改变的。所以我们首先还是应该先通晓传统的英语合同格式和用语，在精通的基础上，才能谈得上根据实际情况进行进一步的格式和用语方面的改革，否则，一切都是经不起推敲的。