{"id":7244,"date":"2024-01-25T13:10:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T12:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguaserve.com\/?p=7244"},"modified":"2025-06-18T13:27:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:27:17","slug":"understanding-medical-translation-key-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguaserve.com\/en\/understanding-medical-translation-key-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"What is medical translation and in which fields of healthcare is it useful?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medical translation<\/strong>\u00a0is a highly specialized\u00a0scientific and technical translation<\/strong>\u00a0that covers all the texts regarding healthcare and the prevention and treatment of diseases.<\/p>\n

Medical translation requires\u00a0professional medical translators<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0with specific knowledge of the technical and scientific terminology used in this type of content in the source and target languages. They also have to know how to use\u00a0accurate and unbiased language<\/strong>\u00a0applying the\u00a0appropriate style and register<\/strong>\u00a0to each type of text.<\/p>\n

There are a wide range of texts to which this type of translation is applied<\/strong>: package inserts, prescriptions, articles in specialized journals, medical histories, specialized books, usage guides, test and research protocols. These are just a few examples of the translations that could be requested from a professional medical translator.<\/p>\n

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Specific fields in which medical translation is useful<\/h2>\n

We have already mentioned that the wide range of fields covered by medical translation give rise to different text types and formats. Obviously it is not the same to translate content for a medicine commercial as it is to translate a medical certificate.<\/p>\n

Pitch and purpose vary depending on the public they are addressed to<\/strong>, even though we can find\u00a0common and specific characteristics<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0technical translation<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0scientific translation<\/strong>: both deal with texts that inform with clear, accurate and unbiased language.<\/p>\n

Want to know more about this type of translation? The following are the\u00a0fields in which medical translation is used.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1. Medical research texts<\/h3>\n

Medical translation in research is demanded now more than ever. It is essential so that all doctors and researchers involved in carrying out tests and research share their\u00a0knowledge, protocols, studies<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0findings<\/strong>\u00a0regardless of the language.<\/p>\n

2. Educational texts<\/h3>\n

Education is another field with a high demand for translation of\u00a0educational texts. These could be\u00a0text books<\/strong>\u00a0for medicine and health science students, informational or specialized\u00a0medical guides<\/strong>\u00a0and even\u00a0articles<\/strong>\u00a0in prestigious medical journals.<\/p>\n

3. Pharmaceutical texts<\/h3>\n

This is another one of the industries closely related to scientific and\u00a0technical translation<\/a><\/span>, which includes\u00a0content for professionals and consumers.<\/strong>\u00a0The amount of pharmaceutical texts that are written is huge:\u00a0package inserts, guides, clinical tests, reports<\/strong>\u00a0and all types of\u00a0documents<\/strong>\u00a0relating to any product or device to be sold.<\/p>\n

It is particularly difficult to\u00a0translate texts that are intended to get the approval of healthcare products<\/strong>\u00a0by regulating authorities such as the European Medicines Agency. The translator must strictly follow very specific rules regarding the writing and structure of the texts.<\/p>\n

4. Healthcare control texts<\/h3>\n

Information on\u00a0public healthcare control<\/strong>\u00a0is generated every day, all around the world by public and private bodies. Government workers, hospital and healthcare center staff and news agencies are just a few of the many professionals that manage this type of content.<\/p>\n

Accuracy and experience in\u00a0translating technical terms, command of the standards<\/strong>\u00a0to express measurements or the\u00a0order of symbols<\/strong>\u00a0in chemical formulas are essential in order to avoid serious mistakes.<\/p>\n

As you can see, medical translation is extremely important when it comes to preserving health and promoting the development of new techniques and protocols in the field. That is why it is essential to use a\u00a0professional medical translation service<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Medical translation requires specialized knowledge, accurate terminology, and unbiased language for texts like prescriptions, research articles, pharmaceutical documents, and healthcare materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-translation-localization"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaserve.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaserve.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaserve.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaserve.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaserve.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linguaserve.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaserve.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaserve.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaserve.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaserve.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}