Expert Medical Translations for Western Cape Clinics & Universities
We provide trusted medical translation services for clinical research sites and healthcare providers across the Western Cape. A core part of our work involves translating critical documents like Informed Consent Forms (ICFs) into clear, accurate Afrikaans and isiXhosa - the languages your patients and participants understand best.
See examples of our work translating standard clinical research terminology:
| Language | Standard Translation |
|---|---|
| English | PARTICIPANT INFORMATION AND INFORMED CONSENT FORM |
| Afrikaans | DEELNEMERINLIGTINGS- EN INGELIGTETOESTEMMINGSVORM |
| IsiXhosa | ULWAZI LOMTHABATHINXAXHEBA NEFOMU YEMVUME ESEKELWE ELWAZINI |
Informed Consent Forms (ICFs) translated for sites and clinics in the Western Cape.
Specialist Medical Translation for All South African Languages
Medical translations present a particular set of challenges. We have experience working in partnership with this sector, particularly in research and development into HIV and TB treatment across South Africa and have built a core team of specialised medical translators for all 11 official languages including isiZulu, Sesotho, Setswana and Sepedi who are able to respond to these challenges. Our translators understand the intricacies of medical terminology and cultural contexts, ensuring accurate and accessible translations.
Successful communication is crucial in the medical sector: every day, health researchers and practitioners must deliver and receive complex information and sensitive patient data with clarity and accuracy across linguistic and cultural divides. Organisations researching new vaccines, drugs and procedures for fighting HIV and TB need to reach support staff, caregivers and patients in their home languages, to obtain informed consent or to explain medical procedures. With our medical translation services, you can be confident that your messages will be accurately translated and conveyed in the appropriate tone.
Medical translators must therefore be equipped with specialised knowledge of the medical field as well as an understanding of the social and cultural context of target communities. Our team of medical translators possess these skills, allowing us to provide accurate translations that are culturally appropriate for each region's communities.
Clear, Accessible Translations for Patients and Participants
In this critical sector, translators must ensure that their translations are completely faithful to source texts, as well as ‘user-friendly’ and accessible to patients and participants who lack medical expertise. Incorrect language usage by those without specialist knowledge and experience, or who lack an understanding of the linguistic and cultural orientations of participants (even if they are qualified translators), can seriously reduce the efficacy of both medical research and practice. With our user-friendly translations, we ensure that all patients and participants can understand the medical information presented to them.
The challenge for any clinical research translation service is to identify and agree on the range of terms that facilitate both accurate and comprehensible translation from the source language into the target language. Informed consent forms, medical trial reports and other crucial materials used on the ground all need to work with widely accepted, internally consistent and easily comprehensible language to ensure successful research and treatment. Our team of medical translators is trained to identify and agree on these terms, ensuring accurate and easily understandable translations.
Our medical translation team are all specialists in their field, working within an internally consistent framework which is in line with accepted practice and regulatory guidelines. With our expertise, you can be confident that your medical translations are in safe hands, accurately translated and accessible to all target communities.
Get a Precise Quote for Your Medical Translation
Clear communication builds trust and ensures true informed consent. This leads to more effective patient care and more reliable research outcomes.
Get a precise quote for your medical translation in any local South African language. Email us on: info@iitranslation.com . Please let us know your site location and the target languages for your project. Attach your document and we will get you a custom quote within five minutes during our business hours.
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