Translation - Volume 33, Issue

Five “translation” strategies to adapt technical content for lay audiences - Volume 33, Issue

Writing for lay audiences requires language that is understandable by readers without expertise in the subject matter at hand. This means carefully selecting, organising, wording, and supporting content, focusing on conveying relevant points in a…

Profile: An interview with Laura Carolina Collada Ali: On the peculiarities of working for independent research organisations - Volume 24, Issue

Laura C Collada Ali wears different hats: she is a medical writer plus a medical translator, and has extensive experience delivering multilingual authoring and translation services across a wide range of independent research organisations. She is a…

Digital Communication - Volume 33, Issue

Section Editor: Nicole Bezuidenhout Purr-fecting translation: Unleashing the power of computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools Author: Natasha Grande de França Medical translations are fundamental, and precision is at the core of this work. Any…

New EU medical device regulations: Impact on the MedTech sector - Volume 26, Issue

Abstract Regulation plays a fundamental role in the translation of innovative medical devices from concept to clinical application and ensures that only devices that exhibit the highest standards of safety and quality are released onto the EU Single…

EMWA News - Volume 30, Issue

Spanish translation of the Joint Position Statement on Medical Publications, Preprints, and Peer Review We are proud to announce the posting of our first translation of the Joint Position Statement into Spanish by Almudena Pardo Mateos and reviewed…

In the Bookstores - Volume 25, Issue

In The Elements of English Editing: A Guide - line to Clear Writing, authors Lee Ann Weeks and Ann Bless have combined their 50 years of experience to create a concise, 71-page book which introduces readers to the language editing process. This book…

Profile: An interview with Fernando Navarro on the brand new platform ‘Cosnautas’ - Volume 23, Issue

Some people may still not be aware of the big news last summer in the Spanish medical translation and writing world: Fernando Navarro's Libro Rojo (translated as ‘Red Book’, one of the most authoritative English to Spanish dictionaries of medicine)…

Opportunities in veterinary writing - Volume 23, Issue

Unlike medical writing, ‘veterinary writing’ does not exist as a defined career path. However, writers are inevitably also required in this field and play important roles in different areas of the veterinary profession for creation of scientific…

EMWA News - Volume 31, Issue

Ambassadors Programme News The EMWA Ambassadors Programme is continuing its efforts to reach out to new audiences to promote medical writing and EMWA. Marie Kołtowska-Häggström gave a talk (in Polish) on medical writing as a profession at the…