中国科技术语 ›› 2018, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (5): 37-41.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8578.2018.05.007

• 术语与翻译 • 上一篇    下一篇

试论中医术语翻译中的翻译单位问题

齐熠, 都立澜, 李晓莉()   

  1. 北京中医药大学人文学院,北京 100029
  • 收稿日期:2017-11-15 修回日期:2018-07-01 出版日期:2018-10-25 发布日期:2018-10-30
  • 作者简介:齐熠(1993—),女,北京中医药大学人文学院2016级硕士研究生,研究方向为中医英译。通信方式: ysrq_qiyi@sina.com。
  • 基金资助:
    北京中医药大学2018年在读研究生基本科研项目(2018-JYBZZ-XS133);北京市教育委员会北京高校青年英才计划“中医核心术语词素单位的确定及翻译”(YETP0806);北京中医药大学目录外自主设置二级学科“中医药外语学科”

Study on Translation Unit in Terminology of Traditional Chinese Medicine

QI Yi, DU Lilan, LI Xiaoli()   

  • Received:2017-11-15 Revised:2018-07-01 Online:2018-10-25 Published:2018-10-30

摘要:

翻译单位是翻译学科中的基础问题。不同学者从语篇、语段、小句和词等层次均有深入论述。而术语的翻译单位,尤其是中医术语的翻译单位较少有人分析。与一般科技术语不同,中医术语具有模糊性、歧义性和笼统性的特点。大多数译者在中医术语翻译研究实践中常将整个自然术语词语默认为翻译单位。魏迺杰将单字作为中医术语翻译的基本单位,杨明山则主张在单字的组合规律上探讨中医术语翻译问题。在梳理相关概念和分析中医术语特点的基础上,结合研究现状和术语实例分析,文章提出中医术语翻译应以基于语义的最小搭配结构为翻译单位,并建议未来开展中医术语翻译单位的实证研究。

关键词: 翻译单位, 中医术语, 搭配结构

Abstract:

As a fundamental issue in translation study, translation unit (TU) has been analyzed at the levels of text, clause, phrase and term by numerous researchers. However, TU of terminology, especially of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) terminology, is a field that lacks specific researches. Different from common technology and scientific terminology, TCM terms are featured by ambiguity, polysemy and uncertainty of meaning. In practice, most translators take the original Chinese TCM terms as the default TU. Nigel Wiseman uses Chinese character as the basic unit of TCM translation while Yang Mingshan advocates that TU of TCM terms should be analyzed at the level of character combination. Based on clarification of concepts and characteristics of TCM terminology, and after reviewing research status and analyzing examples, we propose that meaning unit of TCM is the TU of TCM terms, which should be the smallest semantic collocation structure. We also suggest that empirical study of TCM translation unit should be considered in the future.

Key words: translation unit, traditional Chinese medicine terminology, semantic collocational structure

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