Abstract:

We select the English medical loanwords of Manual of Different Scientific Terms in Mainland and Taiwan Region, through the induction and analysis of the medical loanwords of cross-straits, and using the variation theory of sociolinguistics, to study the variation phenomenon of the foreign words. Based on combining the normative principles of terminology, we analyze and evaluate the causes of the variation, so as to facilitate the communication of cross-straits in culture, science.

Key words: cross strait, loanwords, sociolinguistics, variation theory