The Status Quo of Medical English Translation in Contemporary Chinese Medical University Students: A Needs-based Study

The current study attempts to expose the status quo of medical English translation as well as what the needs of use of medical English translation are among contemporary Chinese medical university students. To move deeper, the current study makes further efforts to uncover how to meet the needs for most contemporary Chinese medical university students. One hundred Chinese medical university students took part in the study and they were asked to answer questionnaires purposefully designed, so as to collect comprehensive data with regard to the status quo of use of medical English translation. The results of the current study has shown that there is a strong need of use of medical English translation among contemporary Chinese medical university students as well as a severe lack of guidance of it from medical teachers in Chinese medical universities. Thus, this study further suggests that medical teachers should also guide medical students to meet the needs of selecting and applying proper medical English translation methods sensibly in their medical English language learning practice.

Keywords:

Contemporary Chinese Medical University Students , Medical English Language Learning , Medical English Translation , Needs Analysis , Status Quo