Inter- and intralingual translation of medical information: the importance of comprehensibility

TY - CHAP

T1 - Inter- and intralingual translation of medical information

T2 - the importance of comprehensibility

AU - Brøgger, Matilde Nisbeth

AU - Zethsen, Karen Korning

PY - 2021/1/1

Y1 - 2021/1/1

N2 - The past decades have seen increasing focus on health information which is understandable for everyone. This means that expert knowledge and texts must be translated intralingually, i.e. from expert language to plain language. When the target language is not English, many of these texts are translated interlingually as well, and often, we see a combination of intra- and interlingual translation - a situation which places additional demands on the translator. This chapter explains the paradigmatic shift within health communication which has resulted in a focus on patient empowerment and patient centeredness, and thus, increased focus on lay-friendly and understandable information. The chapter provides a review of the research done so far, and, by means of studies of the translation of patient information leaflets, illustrates some of the many challenges and pitfalls surrounding intralingual/interlingual medical translation.

AB - The past decades have seen increasing focus on health information which is understandable for everyone. This means that expert knowledge and texts must be translated intralingually, i.e. from expert language to plain language. When the target language is not English, many of these texts are translated interlingually as well, and often, we see a combination of intra- and interlingual translation - a situation which places additional demands on the translator. This chapter explains the paradigmatic shift within health communication which has resulted in a focus on patient empowerment and patient centeredness, and thus, increased focus on lay-friendly and understandable information. The chapter provides a review of the research done so far, and, by means of studies of the translation of patient information leaflets, illustrates some of the many challenges and pitfalls surrounding intralingual/interlingual medical translation.

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M3 - Book chapter

SN - 9781138335349

SP - 96

EP - 107

BT - The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Health

A2 - Susam-Saraeva, Şebnem

A2 - Spišiaková, Eva

PB - Routledge

CY - Abingdon

ER -