生态翻译学视角下中医名词术语英译的生态环境研究

Study on the Ecological Environment in English Translation of TCM Terms from the Perspective of Eco-translatogy

生态翻译学强调译者是翻译活动的中心,翻译是译者适应翻译环境,选择最佳译文的过程。作为中医文本的基本单位,中医名词术语浓缩和概括了中医学的文化内涵。该文分析了中医名词术语英译过程中涉及的“语”“人”和“文”,以及身处生态翻译环境中的译者调整并适应语言维、文化维、交际维,最终产生适应生态环境最佳译文的过程。

Eco-translation emphasizes that translators are the center of translation activities, and translation is a process in which translators adapt to the translation environment and select the best translation. As the basic unit of TCM text, TCM terms concentrate and summarize the cultural connotation of TCM. This paper analyzes elements involved in ecological environment of TCM terms translation, including language, people and text, as well as translators’ adapting to the linguistic, cultural and communicative dimensions, and finally producing the best translation adapted to the ecological environment.