词汇空缺与中医术语的翻译

Lexical Gap and Translation of Traditional Chinese Medical Terms

词汇空缺现象是跨文化交流中常见的问题,它给跨文化交流带来障碍,给翻译造成麻烦。作者从中医文化角度分析了中医术语英译过程中词汇空缺现象,并就中医术语的翻译提出具体原则:“对等翻译”、“等效翻译”和“音译”。

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.