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Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine ›› 2012, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (11): 1316-1320.doi: 10.3736/jcim20121117

• English Translation of TCM • Previous Articles    

English translation of cultural aspects of the titles of traditional Chinese medicine classics based on the skopos theory

Ji Chen(), Qin Pan, Li-shuang Ye, Jia-ling Huang#br#   

  1. Foreign Language School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610075, Sichuan Province, China
  • Received:2012-03-19 Accepted:2012-05-08 Online:2012-11-20 Published:2018-11-15

Key words: translating, incunabula, medicine, Chinese traditional, the skopos theory

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