Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
原料药
English translation:
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)
Added to glossary by
Jianming Sun
Jan 29, 2004 06:49
20 yrs ago
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Chinese term
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原料药
Chinese to English
Medical
Medical: Pharmaceuticals
drug
It is commonly translated as "Raw Material Drug". I don't think it is right. It is not raw materials but drug product at its initial stage, to be processed or prepared into finihsed drugs.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) |
Denyce Seow
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| 5 +1 | raw drug |
Rod Nelson
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| 5 | Ingredients |
Twinpens (X)
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| 4 | Intermediate Pharmaceutical Materials |
ysun
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Proposed translations
+2
15 mins
Denyce Seow
Singapore
Singapore
Native in English
Singapore
Business & Legal Translator
Native in: English (Variants: US, Singaporean, UK) 
Works in: Chinese to English
Related KudoZ points
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32
Chinese term (edited):
Ô­ÁÏÒ©
Selected
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)
Google "Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients 原料药", and read through some of the articles. :)
p.s. sorry, can't help much... I'm in the midst of a project too. Hope you are done with the other project from hell. *wink*
p.s. sorry, can't help much... I'm in the midst of a project too. Hope you are done with the other project from hell. *wink*
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
snchuan
: 好像是！~
7 mins
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| agree |
Lu Zou
: makes sense to me
13 hrs
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| neutral |
ysun
: Denyce, I am sorry to say this definition is 不够确切.
21 hrs
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No prob. Remember, I am a borderline case in Chemistry.... :p I found the answer on Google but I know nuts about it. Jianming has to find out more. :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Hi Denyce, Finally I surrendered to your side, because perhaps there are more people using API than ones using other expressions in translation in China. I.e., it is more commonly acknowledged. Actually as Yueyin said there may be no exclusive answer to this question. I have not finished this project yet, because I have my own routine work. Do you have much spare times? Have a nice Sunday!
Thank you for you kindness!
Jianming
"
+1
24 mins
Rod Nelson
Canada
Canada
Native in English
Works in field
Canada
Three decades of translating experience
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
8
raw drug
Good results on Google, including from pharmaceutical company sites: "Also known as Drug Finishing, these facilities take the raw drug and finish it whether
it is to make oral tablets or capsules, or add other additives to make ...
www.pfizer.com/subsites/pgm/more/mn_plants.html - 20k
it is to make oral tablets or capsules, or add other additives to make ...
www.pfizer.com/subsites/pgm/more/mn_plants.html - 20k
8 hrs
Ingredients
people know that those are "Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients" from context.So, "Ingredients" is good enogh. Do not make it so combersome.
21 hrs
Intermediate Pharmaceutical Materials
I prefer Intermediate Pharmaceutical Materials although some companies use crude drugs or raw drugs.
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Note added at 2004-01-30 04:14:51 (GMT)
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I also agree to Bulk pharmaceutical chemicals.
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Note added at 2004-01-30 04:42:29 (GMT)
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I don\'t think \"Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients\" is very precise for \"原料药\". It refers to its function in the finished drug products. \"Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients\" is versus \"Inactive (Inert) Ingredients\", such as Excipient (赋形剂), colorant (着色剂), and etc. contained in the final dosage.
原料药 is used for making Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, but 两者之间不宜划等号.
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Note added at 2004-01-30 05:07:37 (GMT)
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See definition of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) at this site:
http://www.gempex.com/wegweiser/glossar_englisch.htm#Adulter...
Any substance that is represented for use in a drug and that, when used in the manufacturing, processing, or packaging of a drug, becomes an active ingredient or a finished dosage form of the drug. Such substances are intended to furnish pharmacological activity or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease, or to affect the structure and function of the body of humans or other animals. APIs include substances manufactured by processes such as (1) chemical synthesis; (2) fermentation; (3) recombinant DNA or other biotechnology methods; (4) isolation/recovery from natural sources; or (5) any combination of these processes.
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Note added at 2004-01-30 17:21:11 (GMT)
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Jianming,
I agree with the chemistry professor. As a matter of fact, there is no exclusive answer to this good question. It\'s a matter of preference. I think all the other pros provided very good ideas. API may be more scientific and raw drugs may be easier to understand. Please note that, as other pros, I am not Kudoz point motivated . I just want to be involved and be helpful. I also learned a lot from Kudoz discussions. Please feel free to award points to anybody else. Thank you!
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Note added at 2004-01-30 04:14:51 (GMT)
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I also agree to Bulk pharmaceutical chemicals.
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Note added at 2004-01-30 04:42:29 (GMT)
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I don\'t think \"Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients\" is very precise for \"原料药\". It refers to its function in the finished drug products. \"Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients\" is versus \"Inactive (Inert) Ingredients\", such as Excipient (赋形剂), colorant (着色剂), and etc. contained in the final dosage.
原料药 is used for making Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, but 两者之间不宜划等号.
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Note added at 2004-01-30 05:07:37 (GMT)
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See definition of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) at this site:
http://www.gempex.com/wegweiser/glossar_englisch.htm#Adulter...
Any substance that is represented for use in a drug and that, when used in the manufacturing, processing, or packaging of a drug, becomes an active ingredient or a finished dosage form of the drug. Such substances are intended to furnish pharmacological activity or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease, or to affect the structure and function of the body of humans or other animals. APIs include substances manufactured by processes such as (1) chemical synthesis; (2) fermentation; (3) recombinant DNA or other biotechnology methods; (4) isolation/recovery from natural sources; or (5) any combination of these processes.
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Note added at 2004-01-30 17:21:11 (GMT)
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Jianming,
I agree with the chemistry professor. As a matter of fact, there is no exclusive answer to this good question. It\'s a matter of preference. I think all the other pros provided very good ideas. API may be more scientific and raw drugs may be easier to understand. Please note that, as other pros, I am not Kudoz point motivated . I just want to be involved and be helpful. I also learned a lot from Kudoz discussions. Please feel free to award points to anybody else. Thank you!
Discussion
Your "Intermediate Pharmaceutical Materials" may be more suitable for another commonly used word for raw drugs that is ҽҩ�м���, which is commonly translated as ��pharmaceutical intermediate��. As a chemical professor from Zhejiang University explained that there is no distinct distinction betweenҽҩ�м��� and ԭ��ҩ�� Some people even call all medical products from which finished drugs are prepared ҽҩ�м���. This question of mine is not for some particular project and has been long embedded in my mind for a long time. So it is just open for discussion.