Translation and medicine / edited by Henry Fischbach.
| Other author | Fischbach, Henry. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, |
| Description | 194 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | American Translators Association scholarly monograph series, 0890-4111 ; v. 10 American Translators Association scholarly monograph series, v. 10. ^A680934 |
| Contents | Section 1: Historical and cultural aspects of medical translation. Breaking the Greco-Roman mold in medical writing : the many languages of 20th century medicine / Leon McMorrow ; A contribution to the history of medical translation in Japan / Henri Van Hoof ; Some thoughts on the Spanish language in medicine / Jack Segura ; The language of medicine : a comparative ministudy in English and French / Henry Van Hoof -- Section 2: The medial translator in training. Who makes a better medical translator : the medically knowledgeable linguist or the linguistically knowledgeable medical professional? a physician's perspective / Marla O'Neill, MD ; Training in medical translation with emphasis on German / Hannelore Lee-Jahnke ; Student assessment by medical specialists / Mariá Gonzaĺez Davies -- Section 3: The medical translator at work. The pragmatics of medical translation : a strategy for cooperative advantage / Barbara Reeves-Ellington ; Translating and formatting medical texts for patients with low literacy skills / Verońica Albin ; Right in the middle of it all : the US National Institutes of Health Translation Unit - an interview with unit head, Ted Crump / Sally Robertson ; On-line medical terminology / Clove Lynch. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9789027231857 (Eur. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9027231850 (Eur. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781556196294 (USA : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1556196296 (USA : alk. paper) |
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