{"id":9912,"date":"2017-11-13T08:41:19","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T07:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/okomeds.com\/?p=9912\/"},"modified":"2019-01-07T13:26:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T12:26:26","slug":"why-doctors-should-not-be-in-charge-of-medical-translations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/okomeds.com\/es\/why-doctors-should-not-be-in-charge-of-medical-translations\/","title":{"rendered":"Why doctors should not be in charge of medical translations?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Should doctors be in charge of medical translations? In <a href=\"http:\/\/okomeds.com\/\"><strong>Okomeds<\/strong><\/a> we strongly believe that the correct answer is no. A doctor should not work as a medical translator. And here are some facts reinforcing this position.<\/p>\n\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=To translate or not to translate... there is no question&url=&via=okomeds\" class=\"retweet-okodia\" >To translate or not to translate... there is no question <div class=\"retwitear-ok\" style=\"text-align: right;   font-size: 10px; padding-right: 43px;\">Tweet it!<\/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<ul>\n<li>Medicine and translation are unlike areas of specialization. It is true that medical translations are a good link between both of them. Nevertheless, the skills and knowledge needed are very different.<\/li>\n<li>Can you image a plumber or a lawyer carrying out translations related to their field? No, even if they fluently speak the source and the target languages. Why? It is simple, because they are not translators and &#8211; as a linguistic specialisation is always required &#8211; they can not do it in good conditions. So, the same occurs in the case of a doctor, who should not be in charge of medical translations.<\/li>\n<li>If a doctor might do medical translations&#8230; does that mean a medical translator might do surgeries or medical consultations? The answer is a resounding no; but in each way.<\/li>\n<li>There are some linguistic issues that a doctor, or a health-care specialist, is not prepared to face. Naturalness, coherence or documentation are just a few examples of skills that are only improved thanks to a several-years academic training and an experienced career as a translator.<\/li>\n<li>Health is a very delicate issue and many professionals must take their part. Doctors play a really important role, but they can not do the whole. That means that they should not be in charge of medical translations because such task must be assigned to a qualified medical translator.<\/li>\n<li>Medical translators &#8211; apart from perfectly speaking at least one foreign language &#8211; have a deep knowledge of their speciality. There are some words with a very precise translation and it is not allowed to feel free to translate them into any term, sentence or idea. It all must be perfectly done.<\/li>\n<li>Quality is at stake. But health, which is even more important, is at stake too.<\/li>\n<li>There are some medical translators who started as doctors, and vice versa. However, the process of changing the career needs time, dedication, and skills. Being a specialist in healthcare and in translation helps a lot, but being a professional in medical translations requires a further specialisation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should doctors be in charge of medical translations? 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