title: Study on international standard multilingual nomenclature of Chinese medicine.
abstract: The International Standard Chinese-English Basic Nomenclature of Chinese medicine (ISN) was released in 2007, a nomenclature list consisting of 6 500 Chinese medical terms. ISN was the culmination of several years of collaborative diligent work of over 200 specialists who represent Chinese medicine in 68 countries. The overall goal for devising standard English nomenclature for Chinese medicine is to develop a practical international standard nomenclature for Chinese medical basic terms, to make it compatible with contemporary research and educational standards in the globalized health care service. In this article, provided is an overview of principles and methods for the multilingual translations, the processes behind the particular content of the Chinese-English ISN and an introduction to the ongoing new projects, i.e. the multilingual versions of ISN (International Standards of Chinese-Spanish, Chinese-French and Chinese-Portuguese Basic Nomenclature of Chinese Medicine).
authors.affiliation: Translation Department, World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, Beijing (100101), China. wangkuixy@163.com
authors.forename: Kui
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Da-zhuo
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Wen-ying
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Mian-sheng
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Michel
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authors.lastname: Angles
authors.forename: Jean-Raymond
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Attali
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Choy
authors.forename: Joao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Choy
authors.forename: Chi-haur
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Fu-han
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.forename: Maria Calduch
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ramon
authors.forename: Ching
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000592:standards; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D019303:Multilingualism; D011642:Publications / Q000592:standards; D012015:Reference Standards; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014175:Translating; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal