Author(s)

Xuejian Niu

Corresponding Author

Xuejian Niu

ABSTRACT

Chinese medicine culture is an excellent Cultural resource management, and Chinese medical classics are the carrier and wisdom crystallization of Chinese medicine culture. Chinese medical classics are the carrier of Chinese Chinese medical culture and have important value in the dissemination of Chinese medical culture and the exchange of Chinese and Western cultures. Chinese medical classics, as an important component of Chinese classics, reflect the characteristics of Chinese discourse in terms of language and cultural dimensions. As one of the important means of cross-cultural dissemination of traditional Chinese medicine, the accuracy, readability, and acceptability of English translation of Chinese medical classics are particularly crucial. There are a large number of traditional Chinese medicine cultural words in traditional Chinese medicine books, which brings difficulties to the translation of traditional Chinese medicine books. So far, although many classic Chinese medicine classics have been translated into English, there are more or less problems from both linguistic and cultural perspectives. Traditional Chinese medicine translation requires the integration and integration of multiple disciplines, which is also a new path and direction for academic innovation in traditional Chinese medicine translation studies. From the perspective of adaptation theory, this paper analyzes the problems in the English translation of traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations names, and studies the strategies for the English translation of traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations names.

KEYWORDS

Guidance from adaptation theory, Chinese medical classics, English translation