{"id":9644,"date":"2016-10-12T22:31:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T20:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/okomeds.com\/?p=9644"},"modified":"2021-01-13T16:35:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T15:35:19","slug":"double-sense-words-for-spanish-medical-translators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/okomeds.com\/es\/double-sense-words-for-spanish-medical-translators\/","title":{"rendered":"Double sense words for Spanish medical translators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most experienced medical translators have &#8211; for sure &#8211; faced lots of words with double senses. It is, together with <a href=\"http:\/\/okomeds.com\/medical-translation-of-false-friends\/\"><strong>false friends<\/strong><\/a>, one of the hardest handicaps for medical translators; because a change of the whole text can be totally mislead. Here is a list of words with at least two different meanings to which you must pay careful attention in Spanish medical translation.<\/p>\n\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=How many medical words with more than one meaning do you know?&url=&via=okomeds\" class=\"retweet-okodia\" >How many medical words with more than one meaning do you know? <div class=\"retwitear-ok\" style=\"text-align: right;   font-size: 10px; padding-right: 43px;\">Tweet!<\/div><\/a>\r\n        <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script>\n<p><strong>Drug<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A \u00abdrug\u00bb can be both a legal medicine prescribed by doctors (<em>medicamento<\/em>) or an illegal narcotic substance whose sold is punished by law (<em>droga<\/em>). Those two meanings can easily appear in an English medical text as they are closely related to intakes or symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sound<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The word \u00absound\u00bb has different meanings. It can be related to the noise (<em>sonido<\/em>), to a geography accident (<em>estrecho<\/em>), but also mean healthy (<em>sano<\/em>). If you are translating a text about Speech and Hearing matters, <em>sounds<\/em> might easily have at least 2 different interpretations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Well<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00abWell\u00bb is an adverb meaning satisfactorily (<em>adecuadamente<\/em>) or an adjective meaning in good health (<em>sano<\/em>). But they both can also be translated into Spanish as <em>bien<\/em>. So, the word \u00abwell\u00bb offers quite similar meanings and translations, but with a subtle difference that must be taken into account by the medical translators.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Box<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A \u00abbox\u00bb is a container for medicines, pills and other drugs (<em>pastillero<\/em>). Besides, a \u00abbox\u00bb is an examination room in a hospital (<em>cub\u00edculo de hospital<\/em>). And, into the bargain, a \u00abbox\u00bb is also a container for stocking up different items; which can be found in a medical centre or any other place (<em>caja<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So Spanish medical translators &#8211; or translators of any other language &#8211; must always pay attention to words with more than one meaning. The quality of your medical translation will depend on choosing the right one, or &#8211; otherwise &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/okomeds.com\/the-seventy-one-million-dollar-word\/\"><strong>the whole text may change its idea<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most experienced medical translators have &#8211; for sure &#8211; faced lots of words with double senses. It is, together with false friends, one of the hardest handicaps for medical translators; because a change of the whole text can be totally mislead. 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