在全球化发展的背景下,科学技术作为第一生产力,其传播在国际上占据重要地位。作为科技翻译的一个分支,医学翻译成为国际交流的重要组成部分。文章以Elsevier出版的Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Clinical Guide一书节选及其译本作为讨论材料,从关联翻译理论出发,探究其在医学文本的翻译实践中的指导作用,以期为引入国际医学成果与传播中国医学文化做出贡献。从实践中发现,该理论可从思维层面指导翻译活动,即通过推理作者意图、增强语境效应、寻求最佳关联等方式理清医学文本的逻辑与内容,更准确地传达医学信息。同时,实践也检验出该理论存在自身局限性,并不能理想地解决医学翻译中的所有问题,需要在不断的实践中完善。Under the background of globalization development, science and technology, as the first productive force, its dissemination occupies an important position in the international arena. As a branch of scientific and technological translation, medical translation has become an important part of international communication. Taking excerpts from Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Clinical Guide published by Elsevier and its translations as the material for discussion to explore the guiding role of relevance translation theory in translation practice, with a view to contributing to the introduction of international medical achievements and the dissemination of Chinese medical culture. It finds that the theory can guide translation activities from the level of thinking through reasoning the author’s intention, enhancing the context effect, seeking the best connection, etc., so as to clarify the logic and content of the medical text and describe the medical information more accurately. At the same time, practice has also tested that the theory has its own limitations and can’t ideally solve all the problems in medical translation, and it needs to be improved in continuous practice.
