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Enlightenment of Early Translation of Pen Tsau Kang Mu on the International Dissemination of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) Treatment Protocols

Authors
Liyan Wang, Kun Zhong, Ya Liu
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Ya Liu
Available Online 18 December 2020.
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10.2991/assehr.k.201215.378How to use a DOI?
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Description of the Empire of China and Chinese Tartary, Pen Tsau Kang Mu, early translation, translation features, enlightenment
Abstract

To explore the activities and features of early English translation of TCM could enlighten the current translation of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine). The Description of the Empire of China and Chinese Tartary is a great work that comprehensively introduces China. It is known as “one of the three foundational works of French sinology”. Until the end of the 19th century, it was an important source of knowledge for the west to know China, and also an important book for Europeans to understand TCM. The Description of the Empire of China and Chinese Tartary has introduced Pen Tsau Kang Mu and collected its abridged translation. By analyzing texts of the Cave version, this paper sums up three remarkable features, such as employing some foreignization, translating TCM terms with traditional Western medicine terms, existing a large number of mistranslations and so on. From these features we can draw three inspirations for the translation of TCM. One is to adopt foreignizing method mainly. The second is to learn from traditional Western medicine. And the third is to improve the quality of works of translating and introducing TCM.

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Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2020)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
18 December 2020
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10.2991/assehr.k.201215.378
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2352-5398
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10.2991/assehr.k.201215.378How to use a DOI?
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