After the reform and opening up to the outside world,great changes have taken place in many fields like economy,politics,and culture in China.In the field of economy,a multitude of new phenomena,new ideas and new thin...After the reform and opening up to the outside world,great changes have taken place in many fields like economy,politics,and culture in China.In the field of economy,a multitude of new phenomena,new ideas and new things spring up continuously.At the same time,many Chinese characteristic terms reflecting these new things have been emerging.The creation of these terms requires the translators to provide accurate and idiomatic translation of them in time.The English translation of Chinese characteristic terms plays an important role not only in promoting Chinese characteristic socialist economy but also in deepening the understanding of Chinese economy for English readers.Therefore,this paper will analyze the features and translation obstacles of Chinese characteristic terms,then point out some practical guidelines and methods to solve the problems in translating Chinese characteristic terms into English.This paper aims to improve the translation of Chinese Characteristic terms.展开更多
In this article, some translation methods such as literal translation, interpretation,t ransliteration, creation and integrated translation are introduced,they are all applied in the English translation of Chinese phi...In this article, some translation methods such as literal translation, interpretation,t ransliteration, creation and integrated translation are introduced,they are all applied in the English translation of Chinese philosophical terms since each of them has its own merits and demerits as well. It is proposed to make an integrated use of these methods depending on situations so as to accurately convey Chinese philosophy in its entirety.展开更多
English and Chinese belong to different language families, so they have difference on their own characteristics, habits expression, syntactic structure and many other aspects. Nida＇ s dynamic equivalence theory think...English and Chinese belong to different language families, so they have difference on their own characteristics, habits expression, syntactic structure and many other aspects. Nida＇ s dynamic equivalence theory thinks that translation is not Simple literal equivalence, but it is corresponding to two languages meanings and styles that are not rigidly adhered to forms. Therefore, we also need consider the cultural context in addition to understanding features of two languages in the process of translation, This paper makes a preliminary summary research on the parts of speech translation of English and Chinese translation to help translators better to deal with the parts of speech translation in the English and Chinese translation under the guidance of dynamic equivalence.展开更多
This is a continued study about how to understand and translate the names of diseases in the external medicine of TCM included in the WPRO Standard and the WFCMS Standard according to the discussion made in the book e...This is a continued study about how to understand and translate the names of diseases in the external medicine of TCM included in the WPRO Standard and the WFCMS Standard according to the discussion made in the book entitled International Standardization of English Translation of Traditional Chinese Medicine： Study of Theory, Summarization of Practice and Exploration of Methodst, the explanation made in A Concise Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine,展开更多
rocky mass/cancer： any malignant tumor occurring on body surface that looks and feels like rock In classical Chinese medicine, the character 岩 （literally meaning rock） means the same thing as 癌 （malignant tumor...rocky mass/cancer： any malignant tumor occurring on body surface that looks and feels like rock In classical Chinese medicine, the character 岩 （literally meaning rock） means the same thing as 癌 （malignant tumor）. That is why it is now usually translated as ＂cancer＂ or ＂carcinoma＂, which is adopted in the WFCMS Standard. To translate it as ＂rocky mass＂ in the WPRO Standard appears quite unique and sounds semantically equivalent to the original term.展开更多
The following is a continued discussion about how to understand and translate the names of diseases in external medicine included in the WHO International Standard Terminologies on Traditional Medicine in the Western ...The following is a continued discussion about how to understand and translate the names of diseases in external medicine included in the WHO International Standard Terminologies on Traditional Medicine in the Western Pacific Region （abbreviated as the WPRO Standard）[1] and the standard compiled by the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies （abbreviated as the WFCMSStandard）[2], according to the studies made in the book entitled International Standardization of English Translation of Traditional Chinese Medicine： Study of Theory, Summariza- tion of Practice and Exploration of Methods[3].展开更多
Color terms constitute the color category in linguistic categorization.As the prototypical members of color terms,biologically-motivated focal colors are derived from human’s perception and embodiment of the real wor...Color terms constitute the color category in linguistic categorization.As the prototypical members of color terms,biologically-motivated focal colors are derived from human’s perception and embodiment of the real world,and they represent relatively stable properties of objects.Based on the prototype category theory,the cross-linguistic properties of the specific focal colors"red"and"white"are examined,hence some problems are confronted in Chinese-English translation due to the different cognitive models operating in different nations.As a future step,some hints and strategies for Chinese-English color term translation are rendered afterwards:direct translation method as well as the cultural meaning-equivalent method can be conducted in an overall manner.Sometimes,the moderate form without translating the color name may be an appropriate counterpart of the source language.展开更多
文摘After the reform and opening up to the outside world,great changes have taken place in many fields like economy,politics,and culture in China.In the field of economy,a multitude of new phenomena,new ideas and new things spring up continuously.At the same time,many Chinese characteristic terms reflecting these new things have been emerging.The creation of these terms requires the translators to provide accurate and idiomatic translation of them in time.The English translation of Chinese characteristic terms plays an important role not only in promoting Chinese characteristic socialist economy but also in deepening the understanding of Chinese economy for English readers.Therefore,this paper will analyze the features and translation obstacles of Chinese characteristic terms,then point out some practical guidelines and methods to solve the problems in translating Chinese characteristic terms into English.This paper aims to improve the translation of Chinese Characteristic terms.
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文摘In this article, some translation methods such as literal translation, interpretation,t ransliteration, creation and integrated translation are introduced,they are all applied in the English translation of Chinese philosophical terms since each of them has its own merits and demerits as well. It is proposed to make an integrated use of these methods depending on situations so as to accurately convey Chinese philosophy in its entirety.
文摘English and Chinese belong to different language families, so they have difference on their own characteristics, habits expression, syntactic structure and many other aspects. Nida＇ s dynamic equivalence theory thinks that translation is not Simple literal equivalence, but it is corresponding to two languages meanings and styles that are not rigidly adhered to forms. Therefore, we also need consider the cultural context in addition to understanding features of two languages in the process of translation, This paper makes a preliminary summary research on the parts of speech translation of English and Chinese translation to help translators better to deal with the parts of speech translation in the English and Chinese translation under the guidance of dynamic equivalence.
文摘This is a continued study about how to understand and translate the names of diseases in the external medicine of TCM included in the WPRO Standard and the WFCMS Standard according to the discussion made in the book entitled International Standardization of English Translation of Traditional Chinese Medicine： Study of Theory, Summarization of Practice and Exploration of Methodst, the explanation made in A Concise Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine,
文摘rocky mass/cancer： any malignant tumor occurring on body surface that looks and feels like rock In classical Chinese medicine, the character 岩 （literally meaning rock） means the same thing as 癌 （malignant tumor）. That is why it is now usually translated as ＂cancer＂ or ＂carcinoma＂, which is adopted in the WFCMS Standard. To translate it as ＂rocky mass＂ in the WPRO Standard appears quite unique and sounds semantically equivalent to the original term.
文摘The following is a continued discussion about how to understand and translate the names of diseases in external medicine included in the WHO International Standard Terminologies on Traditional Medicine in the Western Pacific Region （abbreviated as the WPRO Standard）[1] and the standard compiled by the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies （abbreviated as the WFCMSStandard）[2], according to the studies made in the book entitled International Standardization of English Translation of Traditional Chinese Medicine： Study of Theory, Summariza- tion of Practice and Exploration of Methods[3].
文摘Color terms constitute the color category in linguistic categorization.As the prototypical members of color terms,biologically-motivated focal colors are derived from human’s perception and embodiment of the real world,and they represent relatively stable properties of objects.Based on the prototype category theory,the cross-linguistic properties of the specific focal colors"red"and"white"are examined,hence some problems are confronted in Chinese-English translation due to the different cognitive models operating in different nations.As a future step,some hints and strategies for Chinese-English color term translation are rendered afterwards:direct translation method as well as the cultural meaning-equivalent method can be conducted in an overall manner.Sometimes,the moderate form without translating the color name may be an appropriate counterpart of the source language.
