International Journal of Language and Translation Research

The Status Quo of Medical English Translation in Contemporary Chinese Medical University Students: A Needs-based Study

Document Type : Original Article

Author

College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Cordilleras, Baguio City, Philippines.

Abstract

The current study attempts to expose the status quo of medical English translation as well as what the needs of use of medical English translation are among contemporary Chinese medical university students. To move deeper, the current study makes further efforts to uncover how to meet the needs for most contemporary Chinese medical university students. One hundred Chinese medical university students took part in the study and they were asked to answer questionnaires purposefully designed, so as to collect comprehensive data with regard to the status quo of use of medical English translation. The results of the current study has shown that there is a strong need of use of medical English translation among contemporary Chinese medical university students as well as a severe lack of guidance of it from medical teachers in Chinese medical universities. Thus, this study further suggests that medical teachers should also guide medical students to meet the needs of selecting and applying proper medical English translation methods sensibly in their medical English language learning practice.

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Article Title [Persian]

ترجمه متون انگلیسی پزشکی توسط دانشجویان پزشکی دانشگاه های معاصر چین: مطالعه مبتنی بر نیاز

Author [Persian]

  • HUANAN SU

Governor Pack Road, Baguio City, Philippines, 2600

Abstract [Persian]

 
هدف از پژوهش حاضر بررسی وضعیت فعلی ترجمه انگلیسی متون پزشکی و شناسایی نیازهای خاص دانشجویان رشته پزشکی دانشگاه های چین در زمینه ترجمه متون پزشکی انگلیسی است. این پژوهش با هدف عمیق‌تر شدن در این موضوع، تلاش می‌کند تا استراتژی‌های مؤثری را برای برآوردن نیازهای دانشجویان رشته پزشکی دانشگاه های امروزی چین ارائه دهد. در این پژوهش، مجموعاً یکصد دانشجوی رشته پزشکی دانشگاه های چین شرکت کردند و به طور خاص از آنان خواسته شد تا پرسشنامه‌هایی را تکمیل کنند که برای جمع‌آوری داده‌های گسترده درمورد وضعیت فعلی استفاده از ترجمه انگلیسی پزشکی طراحی شده بود. نتایج نشان داد تقاضای قابل توجهی برای استفاده از ترجمه انگلیسی پزشکی در بین دانشجویان رشته پزشکی دانشگاه های چین وجود دارد، در حالی که راهنمایی قابل توجهی برای آنها از سوی مدرسان پزشکی دردانشگاه های پزشکی چین وجود ندارد. بنابراین، یافته‌های این مطالعه نشان می‌دهد که مدرسان پزشکی باید به دانشجویان پزشکی نحوه انتخاب هوشمندانه و استفاده از استراتژی‌های مناسب برای ترجمه متون انگلیسی پزشکی را در طول یادگیری زبان انگلیسی پزشکی آموزش دهند.
 

Keywords [Persian]

  • یادگیری زبان انگلیسی پزشکی
  • ترجمه انگلیسی متون پزشکی
  • تجزیه و تحلیل نیازها
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International Journal of Language and Translation Research
Volume 4, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
January 2024
Pages 19-39
  • Receive Date: 20 November 2023
  • Revise Date: 23 December 2023
  • Accept Date: 31 December 2023