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...
Scientists have just discovered a protein responsible for ageing. We are talking about DOT1L. Science and translation are very linked, so medical translation and pharmaceutical translation are sidelong glancing at it. A rare disease called progeria is a genetic disorder wherein symptoms resembling aspects of ageing...
The translation of clinical trial protocols (CTPs) is a complicated business. CTPs are complex technical documents used to define and manage studies into the efficacy and safety of new treatments, drugs and medical devices. Errors in their translation can have grave consequences. [Sharer] The difficulties you face...
Although huge strides are being made in machine translation and its usefulness in certain contexts should not be ignored, medical translation is not yet one of them. By way of illustration, we refer you to some original research carried out by the British Medical Journal...
Making medical knowledge more widespread is crucial in order for patients to be up to date regarding new developments in inoculation, new treatments for some diseases, etc. The best tool for this are medical brochures. They provide basic data and advice regarding certain diseases, as well...
If you have to publish a paper in an international journal or translate a leaflet or other medical materials, you will need translation services. However, you may wonder you can do it yourself or whether you should work with a translation agency. Today, we at Okomeds...
Today we would like to take a look at the translatable medical documents with which we usually work in Okomeds. Over the next few days we will describe and explain each of them. To begin with, a picture is worth a thousand words. Here is...