概念性术语中译的方法学思考:以五组生态学概念簇为例

提出翻译概念性术语的方法学思路,即:将待译概念置于一个“概念簇”;确定待译概念的学科语境;为待译概念选择最恰当的中文语词表达。并举例演示这一翻译思路。

Methodological Consideration on Chinese Translation of English Terms of Ecological Concepts: with an Example of Five Conceptual Clusters

A methodological approach to Chinese translation of English terms of ecological concepts is presented, which includes: to put the English term for translated in a conceptual cluster with common properties, to identify its scientific context, and to select an appropriate Chinese word for it. Five groups of English terms are taken as examples to show how the approach works.