“受到法律的制裁”怎么翻译？

“受到法律的制裁”应该是 face legal sanctions.

“受到法律的制裁”与“受到法律的惩罚”是不一样的。be punished by law 只是受到法律惩罚，而非制裁。谈到法律，用词须严谨。

例句：

Having done that, he will face legal sanctions.
做了那事情之后，他会受到法律制裁。

参考以下实用的例证：
http://newmedia.colorado.edu/silverandgold/messages/2627.html

帮凶同样会受到法律的制裁。:
Accomplices will also be punished.
任何人犯法都将受到法律制裁。:
Anyone who commits offense will suffer law.
警察的职责就是使那些犯法的人受到法律的制裁。
It is the duty of the police to bring those who break the law to justice.
他应受到法律最严厉的惩罚。
He deserves to be punished with the full rigour of the law.
黑手党中一旦有人面临法律制裁的威胁，其余的人就会一致行动，聚集起来支援他。
As soon as one of their members was threatened by the law,the Mafia closed ranks and gathered round him.
轻罪，过失为一罪行或对法规的轻度违反而应受法律上的处罚
Culpability for a crime or lesser breach of regulatio