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Medical Translation Guide for Pharmaceutical and Life Science Organisations

Published On - September 25, 2018

Richard Brooks Medical TranslationTags: Guide, medical translation

Medical Translation Guide

This helpful guide is designed for anyone involved in producing documentation or communications in the medical device, pharmaceutical or life sciences sectors. Specifically, this guide focuses on: • Medical translation regulations • Medical device translation regulations • Pharmaceutical trans...

Medical Translation Gone Wrong 7 Devastating Medical Translation Errors

Published On - February 8, 2018

Surinder Singh Language Blog, Medical TranslationTags: medical translation

Medical Translation Gone Wrong: 7 Devastating Medical Translation Errors

“First do no harm” is a difficult promise to keep when language barriers interfere with communication between doctors and patients. Medical translation and interpreting can break down those barriers. However, quality is of the utmost importance when lives hang in the balance. These...

Published On - February 19, 2015

Surinder Singh Inside Track, Medical TranslationTags: medical translation

Translation for Clinical Trials

Over the past decade, clinical trials for new drugs, treatments and medical devices have increasingly been conducted in countries overseas. Emerging markets offer attractive benefits to sponsors, including significant cost reductions, easier recruitment and faster study completion. Top countries for...

Published On - January 13, 2015

Mary Ravenna Inside Track, Medical TranslationTags: Guide, medical translation

Medical Translation Regulations

Medical translation is serious business. Mistakes can be a matter of life or death. As such, medical translation is one of the most heavily regulated segments of the translation industry. Translation vendors and clients alike must navigate a complex labyrinth of rules at the local, national and inte...

Published On - October 27, 2014

Mary Ravenna Language Blog, Medical TranslationTags: medical translation

NPR Highlights Medical Translation

In the translation industry, quality counts, and that’s especially true in fields like medical translation, where lives are quite literally at stake. Today, an article on NPR highlights what can happen when medical translation and interpreting goes awry. The article begins with the story...

A Guide to the Medical Translation Process

Published On - October 22, 2014

Surinder Singh Inside Track, Medical TranslationTags: Guide, medical translation

A Guide to the Medical Translation Process

For medical translation projects, there are two competing concerns: efficiency and quality. Clients want a fast turnaround for as little money as possible, but the life-or-death nature of medical translation makes even minor errors unacceptable. How can we design a medical translation process that m...

Published On - October 17, 2014

Richard Brooks Language BlogTags: Charity, medical translation

Ebola: Lost in Translation?

Ebola is a horrible disease, and education is crucial to keeping it contained. Unfortunately, however, most educational campaigns to date are missing an important element: translation. For example, earlier this week in the New Statesman, Translators Without Borders founder Lori Thicke noted that des...