Strategies on Chinese-English Translation of Abstracts of Medical Papers

Abstract

In order to facilitate the international sharing of medical information and research findings, medical papers and some other scientific research papers are required to have English abstracts and key words. The author analyzed the English translation of 248 articles in Chinese Medical Series Journals and found that there were some problems. This paper enumerated the common defects in Chinese-English translation of abstracts of medical papers, and summarized the strategies on translating abstracts of medical papers according to the present situation of Chinese-English translation of abstracts of medical papers.