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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.