摘要
长期以来,英文单词"Health"在翻译成中文时经常被翻译成"卫生"。虽然前现代"卫生"的含义是"卫护生命",但是随着殖民主义的入侵和西医的传播,"卫生"的含义变窄了,现在主要用来指代干净、清洁、没有细菌病毒的情况,"健康"和"卫生"的含义有了较大的差异。"健康"的外延比"卫生"广,因此在很多情境下把"Health"翻译成"卫生",容易导致误解。这种误译存在一定的认识根源。实际上,用"卫生"取代"健康",不仅把健康问题片面化、简单化了,而且还将人为地缩小某些机构的职能,并限制相关学科的发展。
For along time, English word ＂Health＂ is often translated into ＂SEaL＂in Chinese.In the pre-mod- ern era, ＂Health＂ means ＂to protect lives＂, but with the invasion of colonialism and the spread of western medicine, the meaning of health is becoming narrower. Currently, it is mainly used to refer to clean environment without bacteria and virus. It is quite different from ＂hygiene＂, and its extension is larger than ＂hygiene＂. There- fore, it is easy to cause misunderstanding in many situations if ＂Health＂ is translated into ＂卫生＂. And there is some cognitive root for this mistranslation. Actually, if ＂Health＂ is simply translated into ＂卫生＂, the issues con- cerning health will be one-sided and simplified, and meanwhile artificially reduce some institutions functions, and limit the development of related disciplines.
出处
《医学与法学》
2013年第4期1-7,共7页
Medicine and Jurisprudence
