Back translation is not a very common concept used in the translation field, but it highly increases quality to the project. In this procedure, a professional translator interprets a document previously translated into another language back to the original one. It is made by a...
Medical interpreting is a job position on high demand. Hospitals, NGOs, and different healthcare events may require the services of a qualified medical interpreter. So, if you work in this field, just think about your skills and how could you improve your abilities. Medical translation...
Medical translators can work with different kind of medical documents. Medical documentation includes a wide range of information that is essential for patient care and treatment. In the field of medical translation, understanding the different document types is essential to ensure effective communication between healthcare professionals...
There is a wide variety of medical documents. In today's post, we tell you what a PIL is. So, read on! A PIL - patient information leaflet - is a leaflet that contains specific information about a medicine product, such as its medical conditions, side effects...
Do you have a scientific translation to do and want some tips on how to get it done perfectly? You have probably already seen some tips to help with medical translations, but here we want to focus on scientific translation, as it has its own...
If you work in the medical translation field, pay attention to these practical tips which will ease your daily work. They will also make a more effective translation job, so give an opportunity to the following advices. - Feed up your medical knowledge If you studied a...
Florida, 1980. One of the most controversial and talked-about misunderstandings in history related to medical translation services took place with important consequences. A poisoned patient, a no-qualified medical interpreter, and a Spanish-English gap star this story with an unhappy end. What happened there will be...
For some years now research has pointed clearly to the strong link between effective doctor-patient communication and patient well-being. Good communication skills impact positively on many areas of patient care: from how well the patient understands their medical condition to how they feel about it...
Medical translation is not as easy as you may think. Translators have to pay attention to details, specially to false friends, which might be misleading. For a better explanation of this idea, Okomeds will give you some clear examples of medical translation from Spanish into...
Historically, informed consent forms (ICFs) have been far too complex for the average adult patient to understand. Full of jargon and convoluted language, they are barely intelligible by the patient...