The judge quite rightly says that he has to interpret the law as it's been passed.

法官很有理地说他必须按照法律被通过时的意义进行解释。

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The job of the judiciary is to interpret the law, not to improve it.

法官的任务是解释法律而非改善法律。

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Lawyers interpret the law through actions and words for the protection of an individual, a business concern or an idea.

律师解释法律通过行动和语言为保护个人，一个企业或一个想法。

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Under English law, an attempt to exclude the courts from their effort to interpret the law is considered to be against public policy.

BBC: Exchange of letters between Thanou and IOC

The Taliban, however, insists that it alone has the authority to interpret the law and so far it has made no clear ruling on heroin.

ECONOMIST: Afghanistan

His view that judges should interpret the law is a challenge to the principle of strict obedience to its letter that prevailed during the dictatorship.

ECONOMIST: Chile