Research status and analysis of English translation of package instruction of Chinese medicine / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Through approaches of literature statistics and content analysis, the English translation studies of package instruction of Chinese medicine from Chinese literature database were summarized and analyzed, including China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wangfang Data and VIP Database. It was found that there existed four main problems in English translation of package instruction of Chinese medicine. First, there were relatively few studies in this field. Second, the papers were distributed unevenly in the relevant periodicals. Third, most studies were practice-based studies. Fourth, the research methods were simple. Theoretical guidance, research system and empirical research should be paid attention in English translation studies of package instruction of Chinese medicine.