Social media is key in medical translation - but also for any professional of whatever sector. Social media is kind of a showcase for offering services and attracting more clients. It has become an essential for any job in the current era that we are...
A medical translator not only has to translate clinical tests, medical history records, mental status examinations or patient information leaflets. A medical translator is subject to translate everything related to the health environment, which may include different areas of medical translation, interpreting or transcription. For...
How much are medicine and translation related? The answer is clear: they are both closely linked. If you are still doubting about this, here are some facts reinforcing the idea that eyes and ophthalmological translation are highly connected. Suffice it to say that Ophthalmological translation...
No matter into which language you are translating from or into, you must always know how to face abbreviations in the source language. And, as English is the most common source translating language, Okomeds is listing some useful abbreviations with their corresponding meaning. If you...
Are you a medical translator desperately looking for a job? If you are a professional - either with or without experience - you can find new medical translation projects. The key is how focusing your CV and attracting potential employers. Here, in Okomeds, we are...
A medical translator does a great job for society, but there are some typical sentences that he/she does not like. Medical translators are nice people, but they dislike their work to be underestimated. Here are some phrases or ideas that you should not say to...
When you hear "summertime", your mind will probably think about sun, swimming pool, beach, relax, holidays...
Summer is coming, and medical translation also takes an important role during summertime. Don't you think so? It is said that during this time of the year, companies stop many of their projects due to the holidays of their workers - nevertheless, in Okomeds we...
Psychology is a main branch of medicine, it is the science of behaviour and mind. Phobias represent a big area of psychological knowledge; so medical translation also takes its slice of the cake from phobias and psychology in general. Phobias can be related to medical...
This is a special article as it is the 100th post written at the Okomeds blog. If you have read many of the previous publications, we will like to ask you a short question: what have you learnt about medicine, health and translations? And we...