Study on international standard multilingual nomenclature of Chinese medicine.
10.1007/s11655-010-0176-y
- Author:
Kui WANG
1
;
Lu LIU
;
Wei LI
;
Da-zhuo SHI
;
Wen-ying ZENG
;
Mian-sheng ZHU
;
Michel ANGLES
;
Jean-Raymond ATTALI
;
Pedro CHOY
;
Joao CHOY
;
Chi-haur WU
;
Fu-han ZHAI
;
Maria Calduch RAMON
;
Ching CHUNG
Author Information
1. Translation Department, World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, Beijing (100101), China. wangkuixy@163.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Anatomy;
standards;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
standards;
Humans;
International Cooperation;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
methods;
standards;
Multilingualism;
Publications;
standards;
Reference Standards;
Terminology as Topic;
Translating;
Vocabulary, Controlled;
World Health Organization
- From:
Chinese journal of integrative medicine
2010;16(2):176-179
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The International Standard Chinese-English Basic Nomenclature of Chinese medicine (ISN) was released in 2007, a nomenclature list consisting of 6 500 Chinese medical terms. ISN was the culmination of several years of collaborative diligent work of over 200 specialists who represent Chinese medicine in 68 countries. The overall goal for devising standard English nomenclature for Chinese medicine is to develop a practical international standard nomenclature for Chinese medical basic terms, to make it compatible with contemporary research and educational standards in the globalized health care service. In this article, provided is an overview of principles and methods for the multilingual translations, the processes behind the particular content of the Chinese-English ISN and an introduction to the ongoing new projects, i.e. the multilingual versions of ISN (International Standards of Chinese-Spanish, Chinese-French and Chinese-Portuguese Basic Nomenclature of Chinese Medicine).
