What is covered
Texts for medical devices
and the life sciences
Medical translation covers documentation for medical devices, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, where terminology and consistency affect safe use.
Typical documents are instructions for use, labelling and packaging texts, technical files for medical devices, clinical study documents, patient information, medical reports and scientific articles.
ISO 13485 is the international quality management standard for organisations in the medical device sector. The agency's certification covers translation for the life sciences and medical devices; the other three certificates are explained on the quality page.
Medical translation in practice
Documents, method
and standard
Typical documents
Instructions for use, labels, device documentation, clinical study documents, patient information, medical reports and scientific texts.
Process specifics
Approved terminology and earlier versions are held in the CAT tool, so updated labels and instructions keep the wording already in use.
Quality standard
Certified to ISO 13485:2016 for life-science and medical device translation, with revision by a second linguist under ISO 17100.
Questions
Questions about
medical translation
Is Babylon Translations certified for medical device translation?
Yes. Its quality management system is certified to ISO 13485:2016 for translation in the life sciences and medical devices.
Which medical documents does the agency translate?
Instructions for use, labelling, medical device documentation, clinical study documents, patient information, medical reports and scientific articles.
Who translates medical texts?
Translators who specialise in medicine and the life sciences, including doctors with translation experience. A second linguist revises every translation.