CliniTrans: Medical Translation Services

For the last two decades, 1-800-Translate has provided Medical translation for the health professions. For 1-800-Translate, providing medical and pharmaceutical translation means we have an obligation that goes beyond meeting professional standards. It's a matter of ethics. When patient lives are in the balance, there is no room for error.

Medical Translation and Interpretation Services in 150+ Languages

When lives are at risk, there is no room for error, delay or poor communication. It's a given that medical translators must be rigorous about translation quality and terminological accuracy, but we recognize an obligation that extends beyond technical translation accuracy. We strive to write translations that are also clear and easy to understand, written with the intended audience in mind, whether patients, physicians or compliance officials.

1-800-Translate is both ISO:9001 and ISO:13485 certified for Medical Device Translation.

CliniTrans is one of only two translation firms in the world certified for both ISO 9001-2000, a translation QA management system focused on continuous improvement, and ISO 13485-2003, a certification for compliance with medical device regulatory requirements for translation. Click here to learn more about how we use ISO 9001 to improve quality and click here to learn about ISO 13485:2003 certification for medical device translation service and its impact on our deliverable.

The key requirement of our ISO QA management process is to constantly improve client satisfaction. This has been a critical factor in providing better service to a growing list of clients as well as transforming regulatory and linguist challenges into opportunities.

1-800-Translate is ranked first for customer satisfaction among North American translation services.

We are also unique in the translation industry for publishing our client satisfaction score quarterly, as measure of our success. 1-800-Translate uses the Net Promoter Score, (NPS), a client satisfaction index audited by the BSI group as part of our ISO certification requirements. We find NPS is the measure of success of any ISO 9001 QA process.

Two Decades of Experience in Medical Translation

All projects are managed by a cadre of linguists, specialized in translation for various life science disciplines, from Clinical Trial translation, life science marketing translation, to packaging, labels and inserts for drug and medical device production. Our experience includes:

Medical Devices, with special emphasis on cardio device translation, orthopedic device translation, and ophthalmology translation, including:

Medical translation for manuals and catalogs
Medical translation for labels, inserts and packaging
Medical translation for regulatory compliance
Desktop publishing systems to allow collaboration and automation of the production process

Pharma Translation, offering specialized pharmaceutical translation services to leading pharmaceutical companies and contract research organizations (CRO) for clinical trial translation, packaging, and marketing, including:

Medical translation for labels, inserts and packaging
Medical translation for sales presentations and point of purchase
Medical translation for patient and physician information

Clinical Trial Translation Services, including:

Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) translation
Patient Questionnaire translation
Informed Consent Forms (ICF) translation
Case Report Forms (CRF) translation
Clinical Protocols translation
Doctor and Patient Guides translation
Regulatory Document translation

We also provide clinical Translation and Interpretation services for hospitals and clinical practice including

Patient information
Overnight translation of medical records
Patient Consent Forms
Insurance claims
On-site and telephone interpreters for clinical practice, emergency rooms, and 911 centers

All against the background of rigid adherence to HIPPA standards of patient confidentiality.

Specialists translate for the intended audience’s cultural and educational level, for accuracy and ease of comprehension. Review by seasoned medical editors and proofreaders expert in subject and regulatory requirements ensures client-ready delivery. Specialist teams are supported by translation memory tools and operations standards for consistency and reuse of translations in a wide range of media. Full print, web, and TV production capabilities for integrated information campaigns.

Thanks to the same set of clinical translation skills and 1-800-Translate’s marketing and advertising translation expertise, (and in part our location across the street from the United Nations) we have extensive experience in translating for governments, non-profits and NGOs for public health outreach and education.

In the 20 years we’ve been translating for the life sciences, we’ve learned that success in medical translation begins with proper planning, preferably in the initial stages of a project. Please contact a CliniTrans specialist at services@1-800-Translate.com or call us at 1-800-872-6752 to take advantage of our full expertise.