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Publication details [#11085]

Hoof, Henri Van. 1998. A contribution to the history of medical translation in Japan. In Fischbach, Henry, ed. Translation and medicine (American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series 10). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 29–36.

Publication type

Article in jnl/bk

Publication language

English

Keywords

historical approach=historiography=history | influence=impact=effect | medical discourse=medical sciences=medicine

Abstract

The present article provides an overview of how Japanese medical translation was influenced by the approach of a number of foreign countries. The article discusses the Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch and European influence.

Source : P. Van Mulken