But when we say "person," it also-- that's more general--it also includes corporation.

但"法人"这个词,更加广义,也指代公司

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The idea, of course, is that we have a legal entity--a corporation-- that issues shares that are either given to people or purchased by people and the idea is that shares represent contributions.

最初的做法是,一个法人实体即公司,发行股票,然后发放或卖给人们,理念就是,股票象征着贡献

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The word "corporation" comes from the latin corpus meaning body, so it's an embodiment.

公司"这个词来自于拉丁文corpus,意思是身体,所以法人是种化身

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