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Publication details [#11092]

Albin, Verónica. 1998. Translating and formatting medical texts for patients with low literacy skills. In Fischbach, Henry, ed. Translation and medicine (American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series 10). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 117–129.
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
Keywords
accessibility=inaccessibility | cultural constraints | medical discourse=medical sciences=medicine | readability | reader=target audience=listener=readership | simplification (I) | target-oriented translation | technical discourse | terminology

Abstract

The present article deals with the translation of medical texts for patients with low literacy skills. Among the issues discussed are simplification, readability, handling medical and technical terminology in simplified texts, handling non-technical terminology in simplified texts and cultural accessibility.
Source : P. Van Mulken