Author Archives: Emma Goldsmith

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About Emma Goldsmith

Freelance ES>EN translator and writer specialised in clinical trials and research articles. Former nurse. Vice-Chair of MET. Educated in England, settled in Spain.

Statistics One: A half-way report

Posted on 26 September 2012 by Emma Goldsmith

A half-way report on the Coursera Statistics One course I’m doing: What I’ve learnt so far and some details about “R”, a statistics package. Continue reading →

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Writing in the Sciences

Posted on 24 September 2012 by Emma Goldsmith

A new 8-week, online course starts today at Coursera, called Writing in the Sciences. It looks highly relevant for English medical translators. Continue reading →

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SDL Trados Studio 2011 SP2: Updated release

Posted on 19 September 2012 by Emma Goldsmith

SDL has just released an update to Studio 2011 SP2. There are several features worth mentioning and a couple of things to be aware of. Continue reading →

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Zoom, font and display issues in SDL Trados Studio 2011/2014

Posted on 13 September 2012 by Emma Goldsmith

How to solve display issues in Studio 2011 and 2014: zoom, font size, cut-off dialog boxes, missing segments in TMs and an empty Term Recognition window. Continue reading →

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Statistics for translators: some resources and a free online course

Posted on 30 August 2012 by Emma Goldsmith

A look at statistics resources for medical translators and news of a free six-week online course called Statistics One as part of your CPD. Continue reading →

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Spanish – English medical dictionaries: 4 of my favourites

Posted on 16 August 2012 by Emma Goldsmith

A look at four “diccionarios de medicina español – inglés” in printed format: quality resources to fall back on when online searches give dubious results. Continue reading →

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Track changes in SDL Trados Studio 2011 SP2: good news for medical translators

Posted on 3 August 2012 by Emma Goldsmith

One of the new features of SDL Trados Studio 2011 SP2 is the option to show track changes in source segments. Is this going to be useful? And if so, why? Continue reading →

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New features in SDL Trados Studio 2011 SP2

Posted on 18 July 2012 by Emma Goldsmith

A look at some of the new features in SDL Trados Studio 2011 SP2: source segment editing, Track Changes in source segments, comments in Word, etc. Continue reading →

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EU languages in medical translation

Posted on 25 June 2012 by Emma Goldsmith

With the imminent deadline for electronic EMA regulatory documents, I’ve had a look at which EU languages are involved, and who translates it all. Continue reading →

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How to get rid of a tag soup in Trados Studio.

Posted on 15 June 2012 by Emma Goldsmith

What to do when an apparently faultless Word document opens in SDL Trados Studio in a sea of tags interspersed between words and even characters. Continue reading →

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