Category Archives: Medical

Workstation ergonomics and health among language professionals: survey results

Posted on 8 October 2024 by Emma Goldsmith

Last year I ran a survey to gain an overview of workstation set-ups and upper-body problems of language professionals, and to investigate how respondents counteract the physical impact of working long hours at the computer. I’ve reported my findings in … Continue reading →

Posted in Ergonomics and keyboards, Medical, The Periphery | Tagged ergonomics, research articles, survey | 3 Comments

Please complete my ergonomics survey!

Posted on 28 February 2023 by Emma Goldsmith

Have your say in a survey on workstation ergonomics among translators and editors Continue reading →

Posted in Ergonomics and keyboards, Medical, The Periphery | Tagged ergonomics, health, survey, workstation | 5 Comments

Ambulance logistics and linguistics

Posted on 13 May 2022 by Emma Goldsmith

As a medical translator with a background in nursing, I was delighted when my son Leo chose to train as an emergency medical technician (EMT) and join the Madrid ambulance service. He’s shown me round various ambulances and we often … Continue reading →

Posted in Medical, Spanish-English translation | Tagged ambulances, CPD, emergency medicine, Madrid, terminology | 1 Comment

AntConc version 4: first impressions

Posted on 28 February 2022 by Emma Goldsmith

A new version of AntConc was released at the end of last year. I spotted the announcement on Twitter and was quick to download and start testing the tool, taking advantage of some downtime over the holidays. Read on for … Continue reading →

Posted in Terminology, Tools | Tagged AntConc, corpora, language, terminology | 6 Comments

Endometriosis: disease, disorder or condition?

Posted on 28 January 2021 by Emma Goldsmith

Last week a colleague asked the Twittersphere whether endometriosis is a disease, disorder or condition. Always keen to accept a challenge, I went off to investigate. Join me on my journey down the rabbit hole!

Posted in Medical, Terminology | Tagged corpora, dictionaries, sketch engine | 1 Comment

Switching from science to translation?

Posted on 6 September 2019 by Emma Goldsmith

I often receive emails from aspiring translators who are switching from a career in the fields of science or healthcare and are seeking advice from someone with the same language combination who made a similar change, albeit several decades ago. … Continue reading →