The E-C Translation Report On Asian Health Secrets (Excerpts)

As a treasure of Chinese civilization,traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)is an important part of Chinese traditional culture.It is the only traditional science and technology that is still playing an important role.In the process of development,Chinese medicine absorbs from the philosophy,literature,mathematics,history,geography,astronomy,military and other natural and cultural knowledge.At the same time,Chinese medicine represents the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation,becomes an important component of the traditional culture.The book Asian Health Secrets was published by Three Rivers Press in New York,USA and the title of Chapter one is herbal secrets from the east.The author has introduced the traditional Chinese medicine knowledge from her own opinion to the majority of the American people.The source text involves various disciplines such as natural science,biology,literature,with genres of narrative,argumentative,and expository.Based on the cultural translation theory,this report tries to make a rudimentary exploration on the translation styles as well as the general translation strategies,and solve some translating problems.For the difficulties involved in translation,the author of this report analyzes and tries to solve the problem from the perspective of vocabulary and sentence.For professional terms and proper nouns,the cross query is applied to keep them accurate in translation,for complex sentences,methods and techniques such as conversion and division are used to make sure that the translation of sentences are precise and fluent.At last,the lessons and shortcomings during translating are discussed.This translation report provides the first Chinese version of this book.This version can promote the dissemination of the contents and help people to understand the basic knowledge of Chinese Medicine.