"医疗器械"一词的英译与思考

近年来,随着国内医疗器械领域的创业公司不断兴起,“医疗器械”一词被广泛使用于公司名称注册、内容介绍、网站宣传及产品使用说明等方面,而其英译名却五花八门,没有统一的标准。文章通过数据采集、实例分析来辨明“医疗器械”各种英译的区别,旨在为广大译者提供有关该词的英译思路。

Thoughts on English Translation of “yiliao qixie”

In recent years, with the emerging companies in medical device industry, the Chinese technical term “yiliao qixie” has been widely used and seen in the documents related to company registration, introduction, online advertising, user manuals and so on, while the English versions of this word have shown many different styles with no standardization. With collected data and analysis of differences among various English translation versions of “yiliao qixie”, we intend to provide a way of thinking for the translators.