Plain Language and Readability - Volume 24, Issue

Inclusive language in medical texts and medical translation in French - Volume 33, Issue

In French, the grammatical rule of the generic masculine, known as neutral, reveals a patriarchal worldview. This article looks at the consequences of this way of writing in medical texts and in medical translation. It also gives suggestions on how…

Medical Writing in Chinese: Language-specific considerations for Chinese regulatory medical writers - Volume 33, Issue

Choosing language that recognizes the contributions of people who take part in research - Volume 34, Issue

Medical communicators can choose words that influence how people perceive individuals and populations who take part in research. For many years, the term subjects was used ubiquitously and internationally in clinical research. However, this term can…

Speaking your patients’ language – Is it really worth it? The impact of translation on multilingual patient education materials - Volume 33, Issue

This article discusses the role of translation and its impact on the success of patient education materials, particularly in the context of patient recruitment and retention for clinical trials. We examine how translation and localisation help…

Time to make it shorter: Plain English in our context - Volume 24, Issue

Plain English in medical and scientific writing is not one-size-fits-all, because audiences differ. Advice on writing plain English abounds. In 1946, George Orwell, best known as the author of 1984, formulated a much quoted, compact set of rules for…

Lingua Franca and Beyond - Volume 29, Issue

Tower of Babel – speaking different languages and still striving to communicate & An American lucky to be among Finns

Gained in Translation - Volume 21, Issue

Science at the multilingual crossroads With Medical Writing's third issue, this seems to be a good time to recall why this journal features a section on multilingual aspects – and why this section is called what it's called. Medical writing,…

Lingua Franca and Beyond - Volume 24, Issue

Writing is something that I have always loved. Actually, as a teenager I would have studied literature, but I changed my mind at the last year at school. I became a paediatrician instead for a few years but then little by little, my career turned…

Journal Watch - Volume 25, Issue

Journal Watch is based on the French-language blog Rédaction Médicale et Scientifique, by Hervé Maisonneuve available at http://www.redactionmedicale.fr.