中医学中“脉”与“经络”概念的源流与翻译

　摘 要：追溯了“脉”与“经络”概念的源流，基于“中医典籍汉英双语语料库”分析了“脉”与“经络”现有的翻译，认为meridian、channel和vessel均可用于表达“经脉”——meridian是世界卫生组织推荐的标准化译语，channel是目前西方流行较广的译语，但二者又均有不足之处：前者是二维的线，与经脉运行气血的功能相矛盾，后者一词多义，具有词义不明确性；vessel，指人体内三维的管道，是很严谨、恰当的“经脉”的对应译语，值得进一步推广应用。
　　关键词：中医学，脉，经络，源流，汉英双语语料库
　　中图分类号：H059;R229;N04 文献标识码：A 文章编号：1673-8578(2011)01-0054-05
　　
　　The Origin and Translation of “Mai” and “Jing Luo”
　　in Chinese Medical Concepts
　　LAN Fengli LIANG Guoqing ZHANG WEihang
　　Abstract: This paper traces back to the origin of “mai” and “jing luo”, discusses thEIr available translations on the basis of the data from “ChineseEnglish Bilingual Corpus of Chinese Medical Classics”, comments on different English translations of “jing mai”. Meridian, the standardized translation of “jing mai”, approved by WHO, indicates a twodimensional grid and therefore is contradictory to jingmais function of moving qi and blood; channel, a popular translation of “jing mai” in the West, is a polysemy word and is not clear and definite. The authors think that “vessel” can refer to a threedimensional tube of the human being and therefore is a strict and proper translation for “jing mai”, and is worthy to be popularized in the future.
　　Keywords: Chinese medicine, mai, jingluo, origin, ChineseEnglish Bilingual Corpus
　　
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