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Guidelines on translation of medical scientific articles
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Yana Onikiychuk
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Feb 15, 2013

Dear colleagues,

Could you please recommend some official guidelines (if any) on translation of medical scientific articles (any language pair)?
Thank you!
 
neilmac
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Publishers Feb 15, 2013

I can't recommend any specific guidelines for translation, but I translate and revise a lot of medical and scientific texts and if you look up the Authors' Guides of the big publishing houses, for example Springer or Elsevier, you should find some useful pointers. I've always found it very helpful.... See more
I can't recommend any specific guidelines for translation, but I translate and revise a lot of medical and scientific texts and if you look up the Authors' Guides of the big publishing houses, for example Springer or Elsevier, you should find some useful pointers. I've always found it very helpful. Style guides are also helpful:

http://www.amamanualofstyle.com/

http://www.elsevier.com/authors/home

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Tool Box For the Medical Translator Feb 15, 2013

I can highly recommend the following collection:

Tool Box For the Medical Translator
by Alain Côté

One of the most comprehensive lists of resources
for novice or experienced medical translators

http://www.groupetraduction.ca/documents/ToolBox.pdf

TOC:

Introduction
Manuals and Guides
... See more
I can highly recommend the following collection:

Tool Box For the Medical Translator
by Alain Côté

One of the most comprehensive lists of resources
for novice or experienced medical translators

http://www.groupetraduction.ca/documents/ToolBox.pdf

TOC:

Introduction
Manuals and Guides
French Medical Dictionaries
English Medical Dictionaries
English-French Medical Dictionaries
Online Dictionaries
Specialized Books
Periodicals
Websites
Study Programs
Bookstores and Publishers ▲ Collapse
 
Ildiko Santana
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medical and scientific style guides, terminology and print resources Feb 15, 2013

Medical and Scientific Style Guides
• BioMedical Editor
http://www.biomedicaleditor.com/style-guides.html

Medical Terminology
• MediLexicon
Medical abbreviations and dictionary (English with some French, German,
and Spanish tr... See more
Medical and Scientific Style Guides
• BioMedical Editor
http://www.biomedicaleditor.com/style-guides.html

Medical Terminology
• MediLexicon
Medical abbreviations and dictionary (English with some French, German,
and Spanish translations)
www.medilexicon.com
• Medline Plus Dictionary
National Library of Medicine Dictionary
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html
• RxList
Online drug index, including side effects, interactions, etc.
www.rxlist.com
• EMEA
Frequently used non-standard abbreviations
http://www.emea.europa.eu/htms/human/qrd/docs/listnonstandard.pdf

Essential Print Resources
• Davis, Neil M. Medical Abbreviations: 15,000 Conveniences at the
Expense of Communications and Safety, 10thed. Huntington Valley, PA:
Davis Associates, 2001.
• Donaldson, Ross. Tarascon Medical Translation Pocketbook, 1 Mul. ed.
Boston: Jones and Bartlett: 2009.
• Maxwell, Robert. Maxwell Quick Medical Reference, 5thed. Maxwell Pub.
Co., 2006.
• Sabatine, Marc S. Pocket Medicine: The Massachusetts General Hospital
Handbook of Internal Medicine, 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, 2008.
• Stanaszek, Mary J. The Inverted Medical Dictionary. Lancaster, PA:
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Yana Onikiychuk
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Thank you Feb 18, 2013

Thank you all for your input!
to Ildiko: amazing links and list of printed editions, thank you so much!
 


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