These are the most useful languages in medicine

As the old saying goes, health is wealth. This alone highlights the importance of health. Doctors play a vital role in our lives. Regardless of age, sexual orientation, faith or cultural background, doctors have a role to play as we grow old. Chances are, when you were born, a doctor was there to attend to the whole process and a doctor’s influence starts way before you were born.

Published on: 27/05/2021
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Tips for getting a high quality medical translation

One mistake can make all the difference and even more so if we are talking about medical translation, where you must be particularly careful. It is people’s health that is at stake.

Published on: 29/04/2021
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Medical translation: the ‘surgery’ of words

Translation in the medical field is very delicate, so precision and preparation are required. The translator is a bit of a surgeon of words, more than ever in this field where they must know the terminology, the subject, the conceptual differences between languages and much more.

Published on: 23/04/2021
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Why vaccines need expert medical translation?

Whether your travel plans are for immigration purposes or simply to take a vacation, medical translation of your vaccination records is an important consideration.

Published on: 30/03/2021
Updated on: 31/03/2021
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How to choose the right medical translation agency

Other translation services may be just as difficult, but no translation service is more important than medical translation services. Okomeds explains how you can choose the right translation agency.

Published on: 15/03/2021
Updated on: 22/03/2021
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Medical abbreviations are essential to a translator’s life

Abbreviations are rife in medical texts. Some, such as DNA, are universally known and more common than their expanded forms. Others, such as CI (confidence interval) fall into a grey area. Widespread use of such abbreviations in English means they have been adopted in other languages too, particularly in the medical field. Out-of-English translators are then faced with a dilemma: should they translate commonly-understood English abbreviations or follow the practice of medical writers in their language and keep them in English?

Published on: 16/02/2021
Updated on: 31/03/2021
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When does a veterinary need a professional translation?

Veterinary science is an extremely important and specific field within the translation industry and non-specialised translators will find it hard to provide accurate, high quality services. This is because of the different specific environments in which the members of this industry operate. Furthermore, the terminology used in this field means there is a need for accuracy and quality when providing translation services.

Published on: 21/01/2021
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Changes in medical translation in the UK due to Brexit

Brexit comes at a time of major change in clinical trial legislation in the European Union. The EU Clinical Trials Directive 2001/20/EC is to be replaced by Regulation (EU) No. 536/2014.

Published on: 15/01/2021
Updated on: 28/02/2021
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5 new health developments you should know about

Are you keeping up with the news? At Okomeds we know how important is to be aware of what is happening around us. For that reason, we have chosen 5 newhealth developments that you should know about.

Published on: 10/01/2021
Updated on: 21/01/2021
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Three facts to be aware of when you need a medical translator

You might be managing clinical research and need to translate a questionnaire about drug outcomes into other languages. This is just one example of the many situations in which people need professional, high-quality translations. In this article we give you three facts about medicine and medical translators.

Published on: 29/12/2020
Updated on: 31/03/2021
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