WHO International Standard Terminologies on Traditional Chinese Medicine: Use in Context, Creatively

TY - JOUR

T1 - WHO International Standard Terminologies on Traditional Chinese Medicine: Use in Context, Creatively

AU - Xu, Qihe

PY - 2023/6/1

Y1 - 2023/6/1

N2 - Communicating with clarity is no easy task, but it matters. It is particularly challenging to translate the terminologies of tradi- tional medicine and use them precisely in integrative medicine communications—often the first step towards further interac- tion and integration. As a result, "lost in translation" and "con- fused in translation" are common, and there has long been a yearning call for reliable standards to guide the translation of traditional medicine terminologies.

AB - Communicating with clarity is no easy task, but it matters. It is particularly challenging to translate the terminologies of tradi- tional medicine and use them precisely in integrative medicine communications—often the first step towards further interac- tion and integration. As a result, "lost in translation" and "con- fused in translation" are common, and there has long been a yearning call for reliable standards to guide the translation of traditional medicine terminologies.

KW - Traditional Chinese Medicine

KW - Terminology

KW - International Standard

KW - WHO

KW - translation

KW - integrative medicine

KW - Science communications

U2 - DOI: 10.1097/IMNA-D-22-00029

DO - DOI: 10.1097/IMNA-D-22-00029

M3 - Editorial

SN - 2773-0387

VL - 10

SP - 1

EP - 5

JO - Integr Med Nephrol Androl

JF - Integr Med Nephrol Androl

M1 - e0002910

ER -