MT 101: Medical Translation – Multiple translation content and formats

Medical translation will be described in terms of the diverse types of content, branches, target audiences and means of disclosure.

Translators need to understand that medical communication is a multidimensional network of restrained or expanded groups which communicate among themselves ad with the “outer world” - the resulting discourses are widely different, based on the type of content, format, the people who produce the information and their intended recipients, communicational purposes, way of communication (oral or written), jargon, genre, among others.

Translator’s awareness on such contextual information is key to convey information effectively.

This presentation will cover most of these aspects in a quick-view format, so that attendants can have a reference fact-sheet at hand when dealing with medical translations, including:

• Different Medical communicative situations and medical genres will be described
  
• Medical information sources will be provided as a guide for translators
  
• We will briefly discuss communicative and cultural aspects, as well as the different participants, different presentations, to discuss how these pieces of information rule the translator's activity

Some common medical genres will be covered, including:

• Clinical Trial Protocol (CTP)
  
• Clinical Guidelines (CG)
  
• Summary of Products Characteristics (SPC)

See what others say about this trainer:

"Her presentation was very clear and she kindly answered the Q&A at the end. Very useful to start specializing in the medical field."
Lise Capitan

"Luciana's presentation was really great. She explained concepts and gave examples in a very clearly way. I hope she gives more courses like that in other areas of medicine on ProZ.com platform."
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Translators or reviewer who want to learn about medical specialization.

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 Luciana Ramos    View feedback | View all courses

Bio: Se graduó como traductora técnico-científica y literaria e intérprete en Rosario (Argentina). Es traductora en inglés certificada por la American Translators Association de los EE. UU. En 2014, obtuvo el título del máster universitario en traducción médico sanitaria de la Universidad Jaume I de Castellón (España). Con especial énfasis en la traducción de textos de biomedicina, trabajó desde 1996 hasta 2005 para diversas empresas multinacionales en el área de la medicina y la traducción de programas informáticos. En los últimos catorce años, su experiencia como traductora y correctora se combinó con la tarea de formación de nuevos profesionales gracias a su incesante participación en cursos y seminarios internacionales relacionados con la traducción médica. Desde 2005 a junio de 2011 fue socia de Ocean Translations S.R.L., donde su labor se centró en la selección y formación de personal, el análisis y la implementación de las nuevas tecnologías, y el control de calidad. Participó en los trabajos de traducción para la OMS, la OPS, el Banco Mundial, ONUSIDA y muchos otros centros de investigación y desarrollo biomédico. Actualmente dirige una unidad de traducción especializada en traducción médica. Además, se dedica a la interpretación como profesional autónomo, a la formación de traductores, y al asesoramiento empresarial en traducción y tecnologías afines. Ha publicado artículos en las revistas Panacea y Multilingual sobre las tecnologías, la traducción médica y la profesión en general. Luciana Ramos is an ATA-certified professional translator, with almost 25 years of experience, and special focus on medical translations and software localization. Her professional background as a translator encompasses different roles in the language and technology industry —terminologist, translator, editor, language lead, translators' trainer— for international organizations, direct clients and LSP. She has obtained her Master degree on Medical Translation at Universidad Jaume I, Castellon, Spain. As a former company owner, she developed TEP QA processes and procedures for ISO-certification; lectured worldwide on vendor management, machine translation, tools and QA; and gained a different perspective of clients’ actual needs. Currently, she runs her own business devoted to professional training, consulting and translating/interpreting.