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中医英语翻译特点 中醫英語的翻譯特點： theory of Yin-Yang and Five-elements Plain questions《素问》 Miraculous Pivot 《灵枢经》 Classic on Medical Problems 《难经》 Shen Nong’s Herbal《神农本草经》 Treatise on Febrile Diseases《伤寒论》 Synopsis of Prescriptions of Golden Cabinet《金匮要略》 A-B Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion《针灸甲乙经》 General Treatise on the Etiology and Symptomsology《诸病源候论》 Basic characteristics of TCM 整体观念 The holistic concept or the concept of the organism as a whole 辨证论治 Syndrome differentiation and treatment 同病异治 Treating the same disease with different therapies 异病同治 Treating different disease with the same therapy 和阴阳学说相关用语的翻译 阴阳学说 Theory of yin and yang or doctrine of yin and yang 阴阳互根 Yin and yang are rooted in each other 阴阳转化 Yin-yang conversion 阴阳消长 Growth and decline between yin and yang 阴平阳秘 Yang steadies while yin calms or calm yin and sound yang 阴阳两虚 Simultaneous asthenia of yin and yang，国外译作dual vacuity of yin and yang 阴阳离绝 Dissociation or separation of yin and yang 阴胜则寒 Excessive of yin causing cold or predominance of yin leads to cold syndrome The content of the theory of Yin and Yang 反对, 敌对, 相反 Opposition 互相依赖 Interdependence 消长变化 Relative waxing and waning 转化 Transformation 在中医里，常见“x则y”的结构，x为因，y为果，可将则译为 Causing Inducing Leading to Bring on Give rise to Produce Make 阳虚则外寒 Yang deficiency causing external cold 阳盛则热 Excessive yang leading to heat 在很多术语里没“则”字，但因果关系存在，译法相同 热极生风 Over-heat generating wind 阴虚阳亢 Deficiency of yin inducing hyperactivity of yang 中医的“者…之”可采取“treating …with”, “治法+证名” 实者泄之 Treating excess syndrome with purgation 虚者补之 Treating deficiency syndrome with invigoration (or invigorating deficiency) 寒者热之 Treating cold syndrome with hot-natured drugs (or heating the cold) 热者寒之 Treating heat syndrome with cold-natured drugs (or cooling the heat) 中医英语翻译的“忠实”原则和运用 正确地将原文语言的信息用译文语言表达出来，不苛求语法和句子结构的一致，要求信息内涵上的相等。 例如原文：由于素体脾胃虚弱，或久病失血伤阴，致阴血不足，胞脉失养。原译文：The disease results from chronic splenogastric asthenia, or yin-blood consumption by bleeding with chronic illness, lea