The Principles of TCM Noun Terms Translation based on the Characteristics of TCM Language and Culture

DOI

10.2991/mess-18.2018.59How to use a DOI?

Keywords

characteristics of TCM language and culture, TCM noun terms, English translation, principles

Abstract

As TCM is being spread to a wider world, TCM translation from Chinese to other languages especially to English is becoming increasingly important. Due to the fact that most basic TCM noun terms are closely connected with the unique characteristics of TCM language and culture, like being embedded with philosophical speculation, frequent use of literary metaphorical techniques, highly generalization of the fundamental theories, it’s typically necessary to rethink about the principles that can be used in TCM translation. In this paper, we propose to translate out the medical connotations to show the scientific nature of TCM, to translate with modern medical terms while trying hard to maintain its Chinese characteristics and translate from the exterior to the interior to better communicate TCM.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dian-Gang LIU
AU  - He-Rong MAO
AU  - GU Chi
PY  - 2018/04
DA  - 2018/04
TI  - The Principles of TCM Noun Terms Translation based on the Characteristics of TCM Language and Culture
BT  - Proceedings of the 2018 4th Annual International Conference on Modern Education and Social Science (MESS 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 324
EP  - 327
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/mess-18.2018.59
DO  - 10.2991/mess-18.2018.59
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