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An Integrated Approach to the Translation of Special Terms with Special Reference to the Chinese term lüse shipin (green food)

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The Translation Journal, (2008)

Abstract

The translation of special terms is an unavoidable problem. This paper attempts to propose an integrated approach to solve the problem. On the basis of some basic knowledge about terminology, a translator should search the corpora of the source language and target language to find the usage of the term and its possible translation in its own linguistic context. Then, only after the consideration of the specific domain can a linguistic choice be made on the translation of the term. In explaining this integrated approach, we use the Chinese semi-term 'lüse shipin' (green food) as an example, and propose several tentative translations of this term.

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