The Agincourt War is a book that presents the causes and consequences, the specific process, and the relevant war material source of the Battle of Agincourt, which broke out between England and France in the Middle Ages, and it is an excellent work of military war literature. It has far-reaching implications for the study of historical and political developments in medieval Europe. Taking the translation practice of the Agincourt War as an example, this paper analyzes the typical lexical features of the text, and discusses the translation strategies of military English from the aspects of general vocabulary, specialized vocabulary, and terminology, to provide some reference value for the translation of military war works.

Jie Yin, Ruiyun Zeng. Vocabulary Characteristics of Military English and Translation Strategies—Take the E-C Translation of The Agincourt War as an Example. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2023) Vol. 6, Issue 21: 72-77. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2023.062112.

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