English-Chinese-Chinese-English Medical Dictionary

Author: Lin Shengqu, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-03-24
Features: The issue of collocation always causes trouble, whether it is English-to-Chinese or Chinese-to-English translation. Collocation has always been the key challenge. To enable medical college students, medical workers, and those engaged in medical English translation or teaching to master the collocation of medical vocabulary, we have integrated the achievements of numerous dictionary compilations. Through the dedication of scholars, we have created this work that combines academic rigor, knowledge, and practicality, dedicated to readers. We hope they can learn from typical collocation examples, imitate, infer, or generalize, gradually mastering medical English collocations through standardized usage, achieving a breakthrough in their English proficiency. As a collocation dictionary, both parts must be addressed. Therefore, the collocations in this book are divided into two parts: English-Chinese and Chinese-English. For Chinese speakers, mastering Chinese collocations is relatively easy, but when translating them into English, errors may abound. Translating Chinese collocations into English has become a significant obstacle for most English learners or users. The most crucial aspect is to determine whether the translated Chinese collocations conform to English collocation norms. The number of words forming collocations in English and Chinese often differs. Sometimes, a long string of Chinese collocations can be expressed with a single English word. Therefore, the English-Chinese and Chinese-English parts of this book cannot be compared mechanically. For this reason, the two parts are independently compiled, essentially two separate collocation dictionaries, with a vocabulary exceeding that of general English-Chinese and Chinese-English bilingual dictionaries. The compilers of this book are mostly English experts with postgraduate qualifications or medical experts highly proficient in medical English, primarily from the School of Foreign Languages at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Tumor Hospital, and the Guangzhou Municipal Health Bureau. Through sincere collaboration and dedicated effort, they have accomplished this work. The book includes approximately 15,000 English-Chinese collocations and 21,000 Chinese-English collocations, totaling over 36,000 entries. However, whether in Chinese or English, vocabulary is vast, and collocations are equally so.