浅谈中医术语“六淫”的英译

浅谈中医术语“六淫”的英译

Abstract

Traditional Chinese Medicine is Chinese excellent traditional culture important component, is

rich in content, the thought is profound, has an independent theoretical ional Chinese

Medicine should face the world, face future, face modernization. English translation of Traditional

Chinese

Medicine

is

the

key.

The

English

translation

of

Traditional

Chinese

Medicine

involves

multiple

specific

discipline

and

many

aspects

of

other

disciplines.

The

English

translation

of

Chinese

Medicine

Terminology,

especially

is

the

key.

TCM

term

is

the

most

basic

concepts

of

Traditional

Chinese

Medicine,

connotation

is

rich,

the

implication

is

profound.

The

English

translation

of

scientific

or

not,

relates

to

the

international

exchange

of

Traditional

Chinese

Medicine, in relation to the future of the Traditional Chinese Medicine. We in the translation of

TCM terms, must follow the certain translation author believes that the translation

of TCM terms shall adhere to the principle of

principle of information, normative principles, to accept the principle, cultural principle. The

excesses

of

the

translation,

must

be

based

on

basic

theories

of

TCM,

to

understand

excesses

of

the

sequence

of

events,

in

order

to

make

the

translation

of

scientific

norms

of

acceptable.

In

the

English

translation

of

Traditional

Chinese

Medicine,

to

stringent

attitude,

not

only

requires the accurate expression of the content of traditional Chinese medicine, but also to meet

the English language inherent laws, in line with the English expression, pay attention to English

style,

style,

flexible,

not

paying

attention

to

the

characteristics

of

Traditional

Chinese Medicine, concise, practical, custom and convention.

Key words:

Nomenclature of Traditional Chinese Medicine; International exchange

；

English

translation principles; Excesses of the six factors

1

前言

中医 药学是一个伟大的宝库

,

是世界医学的重要组成部分。随着医药 卫生的对外交流

,

中

医药的临床疗效和 理论体系已越来越引起国际上的重视

,

中医药的国际交流日趋频 繁。为了

1

准确地将中医药学的理 论、实践与科研成果介绍到国外

,

使国外学者能正确理解

,

促进国际学

术交流

,

可以说

,

中医学英译问题是中医药走 向世界的桥梁

,

而中医术语的英译

,< /p>

尤其是关键

[1],

例如本文将详细讨论 的“六淫”的翻译

.

2

中医名词术语的翻译原则

笔者认为中医名词术语的翻译应当坚持“五性”原则

,

< br>即科学性原则、信息性原则、规

范性原则、接受性原则、文化性原则。

2.1

科学性原则

中医学具有独特的理论体系

,

其基本理 论的名词术语在英语中很多找不到完全对应的词

语

,

,

字面虽相同< /p>

,

内涵却常有很大差异。

例如内脏的名称

,

中西医学用词相同

,

但其内涵却常大相径庭。因此

,

中医术语英译的科学性 非常重要。准确地

译出中医术语是先决条件

,

< br>既要准确表达中医的内容

,

语义准确

(

semantically precise

),

词形简明

(morphological concise