Abstract:

Based on tracing the risen and development of terminology research in China, the paper proposed that the research of terminology in China has gone through three historical periods: (1) the exploration of terminology translation theory, (2) the study of terminology ontology, and (3) the comprehensive development of the theory system. The paper also focuses on the characteristics in terminology research, and describes its development process and development status on the theoretical research and applied research. The theoretical research of terminology originated from the demand of terminology standardization, and enriched practical activities through the guidance of terminology theory. In the field of applied research, the theory of terminology is combined with the national conditions of China, widely applied to the practice of standardizing terms, and gradually deepened into the fields of news publishing, foreign language translation, dictionary compilation, etc., achieving great achievements.

Key words: Chinese terminology, discipline construction, historical review