IATE Term of the Week: Abortion

In the recent few years, abortion has been a sensitive societal topic across the world. While some countries have accepted to legalize it, some others keep either full or partial restrictions. The process represents the expulsion of a fetus from the uterus before it...

IATE Term of the Week: PHEIC

The World Health Organization (WTO) has declared on January 30 the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The PHEIC is defined by the WHO as an extraordinary event which is determined, as provided in the...

IATE Term of the Week: antimicrobial resistance

  What causes antimicrobial resistance (AMR)? The most common causes of the occurrence and spread of AMR are the overuse and misuse of antibiotics and the transmission of resistant micro-organisms between humans; between animals; and between humans, animals and...

Terminology Issues Unique to Medical Translation

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....