Medicine对於《中医药常用名词术语英译》的一些意见.PDFVIP

Comments on English Translation of Common Terms in Traditional Chinese Medicine 對於《中醫藥常用名詞術語英譯》的一些意見 Nigel Wiseman (Chang Gung University Taiwan) Feng Ye (Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan) Abstract: This paper offers criticism of “English Translation of Common Terms in Chinese Medicine”(2004) by Professor Xie Zhufan. Criticisms of specific term choices are listed under the following headings: 1. Selection of Chinese Terms; 2. Poor Term Choices; 3. Poor Grammar and Style; 4. One Term with Multiple Translations (Inconsistency); 5. Multiple Terms with one Translation; 6. Overuse of Pinyin; 7. Overuse of Modern Medical Terms. Introduction The Western Pacific Regional Office of the World Health Organization in collaboration with the SATCM held a meeting in Běijīng on 20 and 21 October, 20004, to discuss the standardization of Chinese medical Terms. The most important outcome of the meeting was to select English Translation of Common Terms in Traditional Chinese Medicine as the basis for further discussion of English terms of East Asian Medicine (EAM). In order to help to ensure the healthy development of the discussion, I offer some comments. Professor Xie has many years’ experience in English terms translation. The terms his English Translation of Common Terms in Traditional Chinese Medicine, published in 2004 by Zhōngguó Yīyào Chūbǎnshè 中國中醫藥出版社 represents a great improvement over those of many Chinese-English Chinese medical terms lists because it asserts literal translation (loan translation) and avoids periphrastic equivalents (long e