A tribunal is a body with official power to hear one particular kind of case and decide it — employment disputes, immigration appeals, war crimes, medical misconduct. It is court-like: it hears evidence, both sides speak, and its decision binds people.

A tribunal tribunal is a body with official power to hear one particular kind of case and decide it是一個有正式權力審理並裁決某一類案件的機構——employment disputes, immigration appeals, war crimes, medical misconduct像勞資糾紛、移民上訴、戰爭罪、醫療不當行為。It它 is court-like像法院一樣：it它 hears evidence會聽取證據，both sides speak雙方都能陳述，and its decision binds people裁決對當事人有約束力

But it is usually narrower and less formal than a full court — often the people deciding are not all judges, some are experts in the field, and the rules about evidence and dress and procedure are lighter.

But不過 it它 is usually narrower and less formal than a full court通常比正式法院範圍窄、也不那麼正式——often the people deciding are not all judges做裁決的人通常不全是法官，some are experts in the field有些是該領域的專家，and the rules about evidence and dress and procedure are lighter而且證據、服裝、程序方面的規定也比較寬鬆

This word is much more common in British English and in international law than in American English; in Britain, an ordinary worker who is unfairly dismissed goes to an employment tribunal, and that is an everyday phrase there. Internationally you meet it in names like the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

This word這個字 is much more common in British English and in international law than in American English在英式英文和國際法裡比在美式英文常見得多；in Britain在英國，an ordinary worker who is unfairly dismissed一個被不當解雇的一般勞工 goes to an employment tribunal會去employment tribunal申訴，and that is an everyday phrase there這在當地是很日常的說法。Internationally在國際上 you你 meet it in names like the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia會在像前南斯拉夫國際刑事法庭這樣的名稱裡看到它

There is also an older, grander use meaning the seat or bench where a judge sits, and by extension any place of judgement — 'the tribunal of history', 'the tribunal of public opinion' — which is literary rather than legal. Americans more often say 'board', 'panel', or 'commission' for the everyday sense.

There is also an older, grander use另外還有一個比較古老、比較氣派的用法 meaning the seat or bench where a judge sits指法官坐的席位，and by extension any place of judgement並延伸指任何做出評判的地方——'the tribunal of history', 'the tribunal of public opinion'像'the tribunal of history'（歷史的審判）、'the tribunal of public opinion'（輿論的審判）——which is literary rather than legal這是文學性的用法，不是法律用法。Americans美國人 more often say 'board', 'panel', or 'commission' for the everyday sense在日常意思上比較常說'board'、'panel'或'commission'