Translation and Medicine -- Editorial Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Guest Editor's Preface -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Acknowledgment -- Section 1: Historical and Cultural Aspects of Medical Translation -- Breaking the Greco-Roman Mold in Medical Writing: The Many Languages of 20th Century Medicine -- Introduction -- The Greco-Latin Mold -- Paradox of Twin Languages: Anglo-Saxon and Norman English -- Latin: -- Middle English translation: -- Greco-Latin Medical Terms -- Conclusion -- Suggestions -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- A Contribution to the History of Medical Translation in Japan -- The Chinese Influence -- The Portuguese Influence -- The Dutch Influence -- The Change to a European Influence -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES (Selection) -- Some Thoughts on the Spanish Language in Medicine -- The Literary Tradition in Spanish Physicians -- Where Spanish Stands Today Versus English -- How is English Transferred into Spanish? -- How Can the Translator Keep Up? -- Knowing Your Subject Matter -- Giving Back Some Gifts -- A Word in Closing -- REFERENCES -- The Language of Medicine: A Comparative Ministudy of English and French -- Roots and Stems -- Differences in spelling -- Switches between Greek and Latin roots -- Prefixes -- Suffixes -- Synonyms -- Eponyms -- Abbreviations -- Everyday English vs. Learned French -- Everyday English vs. Medical Meaning -- A Word in Conclusion -- REFERENCES (Selection) -- Terminological -- French -- English -- Lexicographical -- French -- English -- Bilingual -- Section 2: The Medical Translator in Training -- Who Makes a Better Medical Translator: The Medically Knowledgeable Linguist or the Linguistically Knowledgeable Medical Professional? A Physician's Perspective -- "Physician" vs. "Medical Professional" -- The Language of Medicine.

A Survey of Medical Translators -- On the Other Hand... -- The Translation Bureau Point of View -- How to Fake It: A Modus Operandi That Works -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- Training in Medical Translation with Emphasis on German -- Preliminary Knowledge -- Physiologic principles -- Physiologische Grundlagen -- Pitfalls -- Terminology -- A few examples of common Greek and Latin prefixes and suffixes: -- Acronyms -- Medical eponyms -- Predominance of English -- Medical phraseology -- Types of Texts to be Translated -- Training Models to Bridge Theory and Practice -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Student Assessment by Medical Specialists: An Experiment in Relating the Undergraduate to the Professional World in the Teaching of Medical Translation in Spain -- Introduction -- Background -- The Course Design -- Assessment by Field Specialists -- Text 1 -- A. LINGUISTIC AND TEXTUAL ASSESSMENT -- SPECIFIC TERMINOLOGY -- NON-MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY -- B. CLIENTS ASSESSMENT -- C. GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF TRANSLATION -- Specialists' Comments -- Conclusions -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Section 3:The Medical Translator at Work -- The Pragmatics of Medical Translation: A Strategy for Cooperative Advantage -- Introduction -- Expectations of Translation -- Pursuing Cooperative Advantage with the Translation Situation -- Get it in writing -- The translator's responsibility -- The textual-contextual approach -- Genres in Medical Translation -- The biomedical paper: translation "for information only" -- The Translator-Client Relationship -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- Translating and Formatting Medical Texts for Patients with Low Literacy Skills -- Illiteracy in Perspective -- Simplification -- Legibility -- Typographical Variables -- Typefaces -- Justification -- Hyphenation -- Lists, Bullets, and Numbers -- Asterisks, Footnotes, and Endnotes -- Readability -- Plain Language Campaigns.

Simplified English -- Handling Medical and Technical Terminology in Simplified Texts -- Handling Non-Technical Terminology in Simplified Texts -- Cultural Accessibility -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- SUGGESTED READING -- REFERENCES -- Right In the Middle of It All: The US National Institutes of Health Translation Unit-An Interview with Unit Head, Ted Crump -- Abstract -- REFERENCES -- German and Slavic References -- Romance Language References -- French -- Italian -- Spanish -- On-line Medical Terminology Resources -- Introduction -- Medical Information on the Net -- Site Characteristics -- Site Review -- 1. World Health Organization (WHO) PLL ONLINE -- 2. EURODICAUTOM -- 3. Terminology Collection: TERM-ONLINE -- 4. Managed Care Glossary -- 5. Dr. Schueler's Health Informatics online Dictionary -- 6. HealthGate -- 7. INFOMEDICAL -- 8. Merck Publications -- 9. Multilingual Glossary of technical and popular medical terms in nine European Languages -- 10. PharmlnfoNet -- 11. RxList - The Internet Drug Index -- 12. BioTech Life Science Dictionary -- 13.Medscape -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Contributors -- ATA Corporate Members -- ATA Institutional Members -- American Translators Association Officers and Board of Directors, 1997 -- Recipients of the Alexander Gode Medal -- ATA Past Presidents -- Subject Index -- Author Index.