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Online German Dictionaries for Medical Translation

Let’s face it, the international language of medicine is English.And in view of that fact, I’m surprised at how hard it is to find a good German English medical dictionary or glossary on the web. But I’ll keep looking, so do come back for new links which I’ll add as I find them.

Translating German medical texts into English is clearly also another very specialised area of translation and where you trust that your German translator has a solid medical or scientific background – especially when translating dosages, and advice on taking medicine! (A very good reason for a translator to take out professional indemnity insurance....)

Online sources of German medical terms and German medical dictionaries:

1. A Multilingual Glossary of Technical and Popular Medical Terms in nine European Languages, a project commissioned by the European Commission (DG III) providing medical glossaries in several languages. (Call up the German medical term you wish to translate, click on the multilemma symbol just to the left of the word and it automatically provides a translation of the word in 7 European languages, English included.)

2. The Roche medical dictionary - A lexicon of 140,000 medical terms in German with English translations.

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3. The HEXAL medical dictionary, published by the company Hexal and with a total of 60,000 German and English medical terms

4. Medical terminology, English to German, plus German descriptions, for cross referencing purposes.

5. Beker's dictionary of German medical abbreviations (Medizinische Abbürzungslexikon), accepts both English and German abbreviations.

6. German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information(DIMDI) Medical knowledge online, here the English version. Associated with the German Federal Ministry of Health and a good source of background information on medicine in Germany. An invaluable medical translation resource for WHO disease classifications and terminology for the serious medical translator. Detailed vocabulary unfortunately only available for subscription (expensive).

TIP! If you have no luck with the glossaries and dictionaries above then don’t forget to try my favourite online dictionary, LEO, or the glossary sections published by the online translator community websites....

So when it comes to searching for German medical terminology for your translation, it just leaves me to wish you Hals- und Beinbruch! (Break a leg!/Good luck!)

PS: If you know of any good German medical glossaries that you've found useful and would like to recommend, then we'd love to hear from you! Use the form below (I will NOT pass your details on to anyone!)to submit your suggested source, and we'll add it to the list.

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