Lexical gap and translation of traditional Chinese medical terms.
- Author:
Jun Mei LI
1
Author Information
1. English Department, Henan University. ljmwyb@henu.edu.cn
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Information Dissemination;
methods;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
Terminology as Topic;
Translations
- From:
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
2007;27(3):272-273
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The phenomenon of lexical gap, a commonly encountered problem in cross-cultural communication, often causes trouble to translation in cross-cultural communication. The author analyzes the phenomenon of lexical gap in the English translation of traditional Chinese medical terms from the viewpoint of TCM culture, and puts forward the principles for their translation, that is, equivalence translation, equivalence in meaning translation and transliteration.
