The article gives a brief account of TCM terms translated into English about standards to be established and the basic methods,puts forwards a new way that TCM unique terminology is metained original shape with translating into English,and it is called quotation (means not to translate).

So, it is very difficult to translate the TCM terms into Japanese, especially in oral form.

The result is detrimental-incorrect translations,many English versions of one TCM term,and disconnected translations hamper the understanding of TCM terms by receptors and hence undermine the spread of TCM worldwide.

During the Qin-Han Dynasty,the system of terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) has been initially established.

Based on the problems and difficult points in TCM translation,the writer proposes that further study and research on the translation of TCM terminology is of vital importance to promote international exchange of TCM,it is also very helpful to medical English teaching in TCM colleges.

The significance of morpheme-level translation in the standardization of English translation of TCM terms was discussed, and in order to seek out an effective way for remembering them, a further probe was given to the mnemonics of the new words produced from it.

The structures of"V+-ing+N"and"N+V+ed+N"were proposed,and their charac- teristics and advantages as well as practical application were introduced aiming at the existent problems in the pres- ent translation of TCM terms and solving them.