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Resources For Interpreters & Providers

SUGGESTED RESOURCES FOR MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

The Human Body An Illustrated Guide to It's Structure, Function, and Disorders

Online Games - Medical Terminology
Improve your understanding of medical terminology and of doctor's jargon.

Spanish-English/English-Spanish Medical Dictionary/Diccionario Médico Español-Inglés/Inglés-Español

by Onyria Herrera McElroy and Lola L. Grabb

McGraw-Hill's Complete Medical Spanish

The ABCs of Medical Translation:  Strategies to Identify, Translate, and Manage Acronyms and Abbreviations
Erin Lyons' Presentation and additional related materials from 2009 ATA Conference, New York
Presentation
Quiz
Medical Symbols
Error Prone Abbreviations
ISMP Campaign

Glossary - Psychiatry and Neurology

GLOSSARIES

YourDictionary.com

Medical Glossaries by Specialty

Glossary of Mental Health Terms for Interpreters and Translators
Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre - includes English, Chinese, Italian, Spanish and Vietnamese

Searchable Directory of Glossaries and topical Dictionaries

Technical and popular Medical Terms

Online Medical Dictionary

Merck Manual

Medical glossaries in several languages for a cost at

Links to over 2,000 medical dictionaries and glossaries in 23 languages

MedlinePlus sponsored by the U.S. Library of Medicine and Institute of Health Interactive, with sound, in English and Spanish


Medical pictures and definitions

Cross Cultural Health Care Program Bilingual Glossaries


Migration Glossary

Arabic-English Medic Glossary

Urdu-English Online Glossaries
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/sci-tech/03-pokf-introduces-pakistans-first-free-onlineoffline-dictionary-ss-02

Office of Minority Health HIV/AIDS Prevention Bilingual Glossary

Pain Glossary

INTERNATIONAL INTERPRETER OR TRANSLATOR ASOCIATIONS


Critical Link
Non-profit organization promoting community interpreting worldwide

Federation of Interpreters and Translators

Non-profit organization representing over 100 interpreter and translators associations worldwide

International Medical Interpreters Association (IMIA)
501c6 trade association representing and promoting medical interpreters worldwide

NATIONAL INTERPRETER OR TRANSLATOR ORGANIZATIONS

American Translators Association (ATA)
501c6 trade association representing interpreters and translators

International Medical Interpreters Association (IMIA)

501c6 trade association representing medical interpreters as ultimate experts in medical interpreting

National Council on Healthcare Interpreting (NCIHC)
501c3 multi-stakeholder public charity promoting language access in healthcare


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