A Report On C-E Translation Of An Excerpt From Integrated Traditional Chinese And Western Medicine

With the continuous deterioration of environment and the increasing of disease incidence, a higher level of medical service is expected. Under this background, the integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine, with the advantages of both medicine, is paid increasing attention to both at home and abroad.The translation in this field contributes not only to the spreading of traditional Chinese medicine, but also to the development of the integration of global traditional medicine and modern medicine.This report records the translation details from preparation to revision, and especially elaborates the translation strategies and methods of the excerpt from Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine based on Skopostheory. As a informative text, this excerpt characterized by accuracy, impersonality and preciseness should be translated carefully. Besides, since the translation purpose is to exchange medical achievements, the target text should be easy to be understood by the natives. Guided by Nord’s Skopostheory, the translation is finished by appropriately adopting methods like free translation, transliteration, the change of language structure, amplification and omission.In this report, the translator reviews the translation process in four chapters: the introduction, the translation process description, case analysis and conclusion. The first chapter introduces the translation background, the content and type of source text,the translation purpose and theory. The second chapter records the preparation, the translation and revising. The third chapter is about the cultural and logical difference of Chinese and English, stylistic features of medicine English, and the case analysis guided by Skopostheory. The last chapter records the translation experience and expectation of the translation of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine.