法律英语|前科新译

前科通译为criminal record/previous record/record of previous crime，但据Marantelli.Tikotin合编的The Australian Legal Dictionary，则前科作prior convictioin，对上列通译来讲堪称前科之新译。该词典又称：Prior convictions are often referred to simply as priors.但作为前科英译的prior（名词），并不以澳洲为限，如：

（1） He didn't cause injuries requiring medical treatment and he had no priors. American Bar Association Journal，Feb.1997，p.14

（2） They will be playing hardball if they push for only three years'prison for stealing a piece of pizza （with two burglary priors）， where as they will be looked upon as flaming idios if they urge the same multidecade treatment for that comparatively benigh offense^{1 as for forcible rape2 with two rape priors.}

American Bar Association Journal，Feb.1997，p.12

所以就我察看，prior（s）算是前科的新译了