Working as a medical translator

This branch covers medical translation as a specialism, divided by the questions of professional practice: required competence, recurring difficulties, entry and training, working arrangements and market change. It leaves delivery of individual assignments to translation projects and broader medical-writing careers, including moves between writing and translation, to the profession.

• What medical translation demands and who does it — language and subject competence, working direction, practitioner profiles, and medical or linguistic backgrounds
• The difficulties of medical translation — terminology, source documents, patient language, official errors and clarification
• Getting into medical translation — subject grounding, entry routes, training, revision partners and continuing learning
• Choosing where to work as a medical translator — agencies, in-house and freelance routes, experience and workplace flexibility
• The translation market's response to generative AI — commissions, rates, client relationships, adaptation and participation in AI development