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Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine ›› 2011, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (3): 337-340.doi: 10.3736/jcim20110317

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Foreignization in the translation of traditional Chinese medicine terminologies and its cognitive theoretical basis

 Yan-hui Shen()   

  1. School of Foreign Languages, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210046, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Received:2010-12-11 Accepted:2011-01-05 Online:2011-03-20 Published:2011-03-15
  • Contact: Shen Yan-hui E-mail:shenyanhui@live.cn

Key words: terms (TCM), translating, cognition, English

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Conceptual blending of nominal phrase"

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Conceptual blending of verbal phrase"

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