中醫(yī)(Traditional Chinese Medicine )有五千多年的歷史，是中國(guó)古代勞動(dòng)人民幾千年來(lái)對(duì)抗疾病的經(jīng)驗(yàn)總結(jié)。中醫(yī)將人體看成是氣、形、神的統(tǒng)一體，以“望、聞(auscultationand olfaction)、問(wèn)、切”為其獨(dú)特的診斷過(guò)程。 中醫(yī)使用中藥、針灸(acupuncture)以及許多其他治療手段，使人體達(dá)到陰陽(yáng)調(diào)和。陰陽(yáng)和五行是中醫(yī)的理論基礎(chǔ)。五行是自然界中的五種基本物質(zhì)，即金、木、水、火、土。

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Traditional Chinese Medicine

　　Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has a longhistory of more than 5,000 years. It is a summaryof the experience of the working people over manycenturies of struggle against diseases. TCM considershuman body as a unity of QI, XING and SHEN. The diagnostic process of TCM distinguishesitself by “observation，auscultation and olfaction, inquiry and pulse diagnosis”. TCM usestraditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture and many other treatment means to make humanbody be harmony between YIN and YANG. The concepts of YIN-YANG and WU XING laid atheoretical foundation for TCM. WU XING refers to five basic substances in the nature, thatis, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

　　1.氣、形、神的統(tǒng)一體:“氣、形、神”這種中文詞匯在英文中鮮有恰當(dāng)?shù)脑~匯與之對(duì)應(yīng)，翻譯成拼音即可;“統(tǒng)一體”可譯為unity。

　　2.望、聞、問(wèn)、切:“望”即“觀察”，可譯為observation;“聞”有“聽(tīng)”的意思，也有“嗅”的意思，在中醫(yī)里也是如此，原文里已經(jīng)給出提示，譯為 auscultationand olfaction; “問(wèn)”即“詢問(wèn)”，翻譯為 inquiry; “切” 指“診脈”，翻譯為pulse diagnosis。

　　3.陰陽(yáng)調(diào)和:即陰陽(yáng)平衡，可譯為make YIN and YANG in equilibrium或者 be harmony betweenYIN and YANG。

　　4.金:五行中的“金”不是“金子”，而是“金屬”之意，所以要翻譯成metal, 而不要譯成gold。