Prenuptial agreements - or " prenups" - are designed to address these problems as they arise.

婚前协议──简称prenups──就是用来处理这些问题的。

Romantic love has no bearing on this process, say these lawyers, who consider prenups to be business agreements.

这些律师认为，婚前契约是一个商业协议，浪漫的爱情与此过程无关。

Let's just say while love is a very complicated thing, so are prenups.

只能说爱很复杂，婚前协议更让人纠结。

What I can do is give you a list of excellent lawyers who specialize in prenups.

我能做的是给你一张擅长婚前协议方面的律师名单。

Most people in the US know about prenups, however prenups are not things that are very common among average people.

大多数美国人都知道婚前协议，但是婚前协议在普通人中并不是很常见。

Only solicitors vetted by the insurers can draft the deals; the prenups must be updated regularly and when circumstances alter (through childbirth, inheritance or changes in earning power, for example).

只有通过审查的初级律师才能起草协议；当客观环境发生变化的时候（比如孩子出生，继承或赚钱能力的改变），婚前协议必须定期地升级。

The prenups of the famous make the headlines: Lawyers for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis contested the prenuptial agreement between her and Aristotle Onassis after his death, reportedly winning $26 million in an out-of-court settlement.

杰奎琳•肯尼迪•奥纳西斯的律师在亚里士多德•奥纳西斯死后拿出两人的婚前协议对簿公堂，据说她后来在庭外和解中得到了2,600万美元。

The effort to shield assets to be passed on to children and grandchildren is making prenups more common among retired people in their 60s and 70s who are remarrying after a spouse has died.

为了将财产传到自己的儿孙手中，六、七十岁的退休丧偶老人在找老伴时，订立婚前协议也很常见。