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Medical Translators Vol Vol. 15, No. 2, 2006 Medical translators Vol. 15, No. 2, 2006 TheWrite Stuff EMWA Executive Committee Journal insights President: TheWrite Stuff is the official publication of the European Medical Michelle Derbyshire Writers Association. It is issued 4 times a year and aims to provide MD Writing Services, EMWA members with relevant, informative and interesting articles and Herfststraat 25A, news addressing issues relating to the broad arena of medical writing. B2400 Mol, Belgium. We are open to contributions from anyone whose ideas can complement Tel: +32 (0)14 322832, GSM: +32 (0) 486 245908 these aims. [email protected] Articles or ideas should be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief (see below) or another member of the Editorial Board. Vice-President & Programme Manager: Julia Forjanic Klapproth Trilogy Writing & Consulting GmbH Subscriptions Paul-Ehrlich-Strasse 26 Subscriptions are included in EMWA membership fees. 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[email protected] EMWA website: www.emwa.org Photographs on pages 69-70 The photographs on these pages are from Crispin Hodges ([email protected]). 35 The Journal of the European Medical Writers Association TheWrite Stuff Vol. 15, No. 2, 2006 EMWA 8th Autumn Meeting 16-18 November 2006, Brussels The Executive Committee has the pleasure of inviting you to the 8th autumn meeting to be held in Brussels. The meeting will be held from 16 to 18 November 2006 at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel. Brussels is more than 1000 years old. Today, as the European capital, the city is home to the European Commission and to the Council of Ministers of the European Union. Brussels is also the bilingual capital of Belgium. This means that both French and Dutch are the official languages of the city. So beware, as street names and traffic signs are always in two languages, which can sometimes cause confusion. Furthermore, it is a cosmopol- itan city where many different cultures live together and where different languages can be heard on every street. This liveliness and international flair is, of course, inti- mately related to its role as a crossroads for all of Europe. The workshop programme will cover a wide range of med- ical writing subjects and will also include advanced work- shops for experienced writers looking to keep their knowl- edge up-to-date or refresh their skills. Further details and regular updates will soon be available on the website www.emwa.org. Looking forward to seeing you there! Michelle Derbyshire EMWA President Cover: 'Medical writing' lost in translation Translating 'medical writing' into different languages – Actually those who know anything about medical proved a difficult task. As highlighted by one contributor writing in Norway use the English term. "The main reason is possibly the almighty presence of the Many thanks to the contributors. From left to right, top to English language". The result is that usually the term is bottom the languages on the cover and (contributors) are: not translated as evidenced by the following sample from contributors' comments: – We give medical writing seminars in Germany and 1. Italian (Albertina Fanellie) 11. English tried all sorts of translations but after several attempts 2. Norwegian (Kari Skinningrud) 12. Finnish (Katja Metsola) 3. Greek (Anthanasia Benekou) 13. Serbian (Sofija Micic) and critical comments from participants, the organiser 4. French (Catherine Mary) 14. Hindi (Roopa Basrur) changed everything to 'Das medical-Writing'. 5. Spanish (Santiago Rosales) 15. Chinese (Zhou Yan) – Translating 'medical writing' is harder than I thought! 6. Lithuanian (Vytautas Abraitis) 16. Portuguese (Gudrun Schrodt) We always use the English term. A literal translation 7. German (Alistair Reeves) 17. Irish (Paul Dunne) 8. Turkish (Gudrun Schrodt) 18. Hebrew (Alistair Reeves) 'medisch schrijven' would sound very weird to Dutch 9. Japanese (Lim Soo Hwee) 19. Bulgarian (Daniela Rouskova) people. 10.Dutch (Anita van den Oetelaar) 20. Esperanto (Herbert Mayer) The Journal of the European Medical Writers Association 36 Vol. 15, No. 2, 2006 TheWrite Stuff From the editor's desk: Medical translators and non-native English speakers: Is English so important? By Elise Langdon-Neuner The theme of this issue is medical translators and non- If diversity of language is a curse, then the prospect of native speakers of English. Yet I can't help asking whether eliminating language barriers should be welcomed. Dr English is really so important. Zamenhof devoted his life to establishing Esperanto. His Historically, the variety of languages and the dispersion of concept was to create a universal language as a neutral mankind have been considered a curse. The Bible (Gen. xi. means of communication, to avoid inequality in interna- 9) tells us that there was a single ancestral language. The tional communication. For political reasons, explained in subsequent diversity of language is explained with an Herbert Mayer's article in this issue, Esperanto never account of the people of Babel attempting to build a tower became the world language. whose top would reach into heaven. God thwarted them by Successively Egyptian, Greek, Arabic, Latin, French and confounding their language. Without being able to commu- German have been the language of science. English is not nicate, they could not continue their joint effort. Linguists only the current language of science but is also becoming believe that an ancient single language might have existed, a world language. If the Utopia of a single language is in but they are unable to agree on the date when it diversified. prospect, why should we worry about minority languages, In any event, this would have been several thousand years or other languages at all for that matter? There are two rea- before the story given in the Bible. Probably, the Bible's sons why we should worry. account is rooted in an ancient North Semitic myth. A sim- ilar tradition is found in Central America. Xelhua, one of The first became apparent to me when I was at Kakadu the seven giants rescued from the deluge, built the great National Park, in Australia, and read some 'Park Notes' that pyramid of Cholula so as to storm heaven. It was destroyed had been produced by the government's Department of the by fire and, as in the Biblical tale, the language of the Environment and Heritage. The notes explained that there builders was confounded. Similar stories are also found in were about 200 Aboriginal languages at the time the Mongolian Tharus in northern India and were reported Europeans arrived in Australia, some as distinct from each by Dr Livingstone to have existed among the Africans of other as English and Bengali. Now only fifty Aboriginal Lake Ngami. There is an Estonian myth of 'the cooking of languages have a significant number of speakers. One note languages', and similar Australian legends too. explains "Language is the life-blood of culture. The cultur- Vital signs Dear TWS I was pleased to read Keith Dawes’ and Katherine client (who had looked at my website with my references Kauper’s article, ‘Medical writers in drug development and details of more than 25 years’ experience) on the tele- and marketing’ in the last issue of TWS [15 (1) 18-19].
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