IATE Term of the Week: Gender Employment Gap

by | Mar 17, 2020 | YourTerm FEM

One of the common values that unites the European Union is that of equal opportunities: all citizens should have the same possibility to improve their lives and participate in the labour market regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation. Inspired...

IATE Term of the week: Gender Parity Index

by | Mar 17, 2020 | YourTerm FEM

Tomorrow (11th February) the entire world is celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Although over the past 15 years the global community has put a special effort in inspiring and engaging women and girls in science, there is still a long way...

Terminology Issues Unique to Medical Translation

by | Mar 17, 2020 | YourTerm MED

A translator who embarks on the seemingly steep path of medical translation has two main obstacles: medical knowledge, and medical terminology. This post is about the latter. Medical terminology presents problems which are different from other specialised domains....

IATE term of the week: Endocrine disruptors

by | Mar 17, 2020 | YourTerm MED

Sometimes words sound scary precisely because they are. If you choose to investigate beyond the first hostile impact with an abstruse, hardly pronounceable term, you might find that its meaning is even worse. This week’s IATE term, “endocrine disruptor”, deserves a...

IATE Term of the week: Superbugs

by | Mar 17, 2020 | YourTerm MED

Superbugs are strains of bacteria that are resistant to several types of existing antibiotics. In our days antibiotics are among the most frequently prescribed drugs. They are used to treat from the common cold to infections. This extensive consumption of antibiotics...