6th International Symposium Oriental Studies

The 6 th International Symposium on Oriental Ancient Documents Studies 36 Huang Jianming The Research on Term Translation Methods of the Yi Language Bible Nado Kuoseu is an Yi ancient book translated from Chinese version of of the Catholic Catechism. This article aims to study the terminology translation methods used in this book. The article includes three parts: — the first part gives the background information and the summary of the Yi language book Nado Kuoseu ; — the second part makes research of the terminology translation methods which are divided into free translation method and transcription method; — the third part concludes all the translation methods and points out their theoretical and academic research values. Key words: Catholic Catechism , Nado Kuoseu , translation methods for terminology, the Yi language.