Yishan Yang, Ya Liu

Ya Liu

31 October 2023

TCM, Functional equivalence theory, The Yellow Emperor’s Canon Internal Medicine, Translation theory.

With the development of TCM translation, TCM has intrigued numerous people in the modern society. However, a series of shortages in TCM translation have become the point that people concerned. For example, people majoring in TCM translation lack the professional knowledge of TCM. What’s more, discrepancy in culture causes ambiguities, which makes translation more challengeable, and some terms in TCM are uneasy to be delivered in target languages accurately. Among all TCM translations, the translation of classical works The Yellow Emperor’s Canon Internal Medicine by Liansheng Wu and Qi Wu is popularized and widespread. Thus, in order to overcome difficulties appearing in the process of translation and spread TCM culture better, the author will conduct an in-depth study on Liansheng Wu and Qi Wu’s thoughts of TCM translation on the basis of the Functional Equivalence Theory from the follow aspects: amplification, transliteration, conversion and repetition. Finally, it is easy to find that their thoughts on TCM translation play an important role in dealing with difficulties in TCM translation and promoting the spread of TCM.

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