中国的术语标准化工作

Abstract

In this paper the author describes the developing procedure of terminology in China, especially the standardization of terminology in China since 1949. The China National Committee for Natural Scientific Terms was set up in 1978. This Committee published the standardized terms of 30 scientific subjects including astronomy, physics, biochemistry, medicine etc. The National Technical Committee for Terminology Standardization was set up in 1985. Under this Committee there are three Sub-Committees: the Sub-Committee for Terminology Theory and Application, the Sub-Committee for Lexicography and the Sub-Committee for Computer-Aided Terminology Work. A series of national standards (GB) on terminology has been published. China´s terminologists developed some terminological theories: the “Potential Ambiguity Theory (PA-Theory)”, the “Economical Law in Term Formation (FEL Formula)”, the “Structure-Functionalism” etc. A new terminology school – the “China School” – is forming.