Importance of Efficient Medical Translators

By Prabhdeep C Kaur  

There are many cases of amusing confusions that have been the outcome of translation errors. The results although are not amusing every time. There could be dire consequences of a slight translation mistake or misinterpretation. An extreme case like this could happen in the medical field, where facts are everything and a patient's entire health and treatment could be based on a text that someone did not translate well. This is the reason doctors certify the translated document, before it is allowed to be utilized in any way in the operation room, hospital policy, conference, medical report, etc. Without validation, a translated document holds no significance.

There are many other areas of medical field, the documents of which, require translation to other languages, like -

* Medical books

* Websites, brochures, CDs, etc that cater to medical information, services and products

* Handbooks with health instructions

* Insurance claim

* Patents

* Product description

* Medical equipment

* Clinical as well as technical documents

* History records

All health care fields have seen a rise in the number of medical translators. The skill and knowledge of the translator in this field should be at par with the professionals. His being fluent will not matter, unless he has a deep understanding of the translation work and the fact that the inherent, as well as the potential, meaning of the content need to shine through his translation. The languages should be well-absorbed in his system in order to do his job properly and serve the medical community.

The health professionals are sometimes not able to communicate their ideas and research to the patients or the public with whom they share a language barrier. Also, to make people aware of the important developments that are always taking place in medical science, the translator steps in. He is nothing short of a messiah in the backward areas where the doctors' words hold no meaning, because of the alien language. The people trust the translator and he becomes a bridge between the public and the health community.

Health concerns and medical awareness are the needs of the entire world. Thus, everyone needs to know the vital piece of medical information that you know in one language. The need for excellent and well-trained translators could not be stressed enough. Translation agencies are hired if the work is huge and also because they go through a proper process of analyzing and proofreading the document before sending the translated work to the client. Also, in a trusted agency, many specialized fields of medicine could be taken care of, unlike in the case of individual translators.

The translators should always be up to date about their medical knowledge, jargon and should use standardized medical dictionaries and glossaries for a more effective and cleaner work.

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