Guest editor’s preface

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Series Editor’s foreword vii
4. Guest editor’s preface 1
5. Section 1: Historical and cultural aspects of medical translation
6. Breaking the Greco-Roman mold in medical writing 13
7. A contribution to the history of medical translation in Japan 29
8. Some thoughts on the Spanish language in medicine 37
9. The language of medicine 49
10. Section 2: The medical translator in training
11. Who makes a better medical translator 69
12. Training in medical translation wtih Emphasis on German 81
13. Student assessment by Medical specialists 93
14. Section 3: The medical translator at work
15. The pragmatics of medical translation 105
16. Translating and formatting medical texts for patients with low lirerary skills 117
17. Right in the middle of it all 131
18. On-line medical terminology 147
19. Contributors 163
20. ATA Corporate members (1998) 167
21. ATA Institutional members (1998) 175
22. ATA officers and board ofdirectors (1998) 177
23. Recipients of the Alexander Gode Medal 177
24. ATA Past Presidents 179
25. Subject index 181
26. Author index 189