Title :
Theory and practice: A discourse-based translation strategy of Chinese Medicine
Author :
Yuanfang Chen ; Yu Chen ; Tao Yu ; Zhaohui Liang ; Song Wei
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Clinic Med., Guangzhou Univ. of Chinese Med., Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
Objective: To explore the principles and strategies of Chinese-English (Ch-En) translation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Method: after a review of existing principles and strategies, the discourse differences of the TCM texts and their English translations has been compared. Results: The translation of TCM materials has its limitation, only when applying the correct strategy, high quality of translation works will be available. Conclusion: It is hoped that this research can be useful for future TCM translation practice.
Keywords :
medical computing; natural language processing; text analysis; Chinese-English translation; TCM text; TCM translation practice; discourse difference; discourse-based translation strategy; traditional Chinese medicine; Adaptation models; Coherence; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Pragmatics; Presses; Publishing; Chinese-English Translation; principles and strategies; traditional Chinese medicine;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops (BIBMW), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2746-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2744-2
DOI :
10.1109/BIBMW.2012.6470321
