涵义与指称理论对中医核心术语范畴化及英译的启示

文章首先简单梳理了涵义与指称理论的发展,重点论述了专名、通名和术语之间的关系,就中医术语而言,有少部分核心术语由通名转化而来,比如“气”,一词多义性突出,与其他词汇组成双字词或多字词术语,意义不固定,因此应将其置于具体的使用环境中,分析其组合方式对其进行范畴化。其次,以“气”为例,根据其与不同词的搭配及位置可以初步对由该词构成的术语进行范畴化。最后,指出对中医术语范畴化是中医英译的首要任务,有助于国内外中医学习者更轻松地理解中医概念。

Categorization of TCM Core Terms and Its Translation Based on Sense and Reference Theory

This paper reviews the development of sense and reference theory and highlights the correlation between common names,proper names and TCM terms. As far as the TCM terms are concerned, a few terms were derived from common names like qi, which is polysemous and unstable in meaning when combining with other words into double words or multiwords. Therefore, it is necessary to categorize these terms in a specific context and analyze their collocation with other words. Moreover, we make a case study of qi, trying to categorize the qi construction terms according to its location in the collocation. We propose that the English translation of TCM starts from the categorization of TCM terms,which can help the TCM learners both in China and abroad better comprehend TCM concepts.