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China Terminology ›› 2020, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (1): 38-47.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8578.2020.01.008

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Methodological Consideration on Chinese Translation of English Terms of Ecological Concepts: with an Example of Five Conceptual Clusters

XU Songling   

  • Received:2019-04-18 Online:2020-02-25 Published:2020-04-27

Abstract:

A methodological approach to Chinese translation of English terms of ecological concepts is presented, which includes: to put the English term for translated in a conceptual cluster with common properties, to identify its scientific context, and to select an appropriate Chinese word for it. Five groups of English terms are taken as examples to show how the approach works.

Key words: conceptual terminology, methodology of translation

CLC Number:  (生态学(生物生态学))