Lingua Medica versus other providers of medical translations

1. Lingua Medica is, to our knowledge, the world’s only medical translation provider staffed exclusively by physicians, pharmacists and senior bioscientists.
2. Lingua Medica is, to our knowledge, the world’s only medical translation provider based in a university hospital.
3. Lingua Medica does not subcontract to unnamed third parties. Material which cannot be handled by Charles Kreeger or Ian Young in person is translated under identical conditions by hospital colleagues identified by name and contact details under File-Properties-Summary-Author. It is then revised in detail by Charles Kreeger or Ian Young. The result is a recognizably consistent product, year in, year out.
4. Lingua Medica specializes in transediting, a combination of translation and editing which often yields a text two thirds the length of the original. Transediting is only possible when the transeditor is entirely familiar with the subject matter. It presupposes a medical, pharmaceutical or higher bioscience background, and is most effective when performed in direct cooperation with the client. It cannot be offered in good faith by translation agencies.
5. Lingua Medica encourages direct in-depth translator-client contact by email, voice and personal visit. Other medical translation providers are unwilling to reveal the names of their translators, preferring to act as a screen between translator and end-user. They are also unable to deal directly with any but the simplest end-user question regarding the translation itself.