title: [Economy of words and conversion of sentence structures in English medical paper].
abstract: Translation often involves economy of certain words or phrases, and conversion of sentence structures is not uncommon. In this paper, the authors demonstrate with examples the application of these techniques and postulate the general principle that should be followed in the application.
authors.affiliation: Editorial Office of J First Mil Med Univ, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
authors.forename: Zheng-Ai
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xue-Ping
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jian-Wu
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing; D014177:Translations; D014956:Writing