Abstract: Nowadays it appears both necessary and urgent to offer translation as a college English elective course in medical universities and colleges.In view of the difficulties in translation teaching for undergraduates-the limited class hours,substantial content,the students' weak language foundation,the teachers' insufficiency in teaching medical translation,the author proposed the approach of conceptualization plus medical characteristics,which focused on helping students develop their own concept of translation in addition to preparing them for medical translation.Specific ways of are also explored in the article on how to apply the approach in teaching.