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31/03/2025
Translation
In a world where translation is becoming increasingly essential for businesses and individuals, Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tools play a key role in improving the productivity and quality of work carried out by professional translators. Unlike machine translation (or AI translation since the launch of ChatGPT), which generates a raw translation, CAT software allows human translators to...
24/03/2025
Translation
The challenges of translation: when words have no equivalent Translation is much more than a simple linguistic conversion. Not only must it adapt to a context, subject area, and style, but it also involves understanding and conveying cultural nuances, specific concepts, and idiomatic expressions that sometimes seem untranslatable. A recurring difficulty is that some languages have words or...
17/03/2025
Translation
In the medicine and medical devices field, translation plays a crucial role. Even a small error can have serious consequences: a misdiagnosis or an incorrect administration of treatment may put the patient's life at stake. The safety of users and patients is paramount and cannot be overlooked. Therefore, the accuracy of translations is an absolute imperative to ensure their safety and compliance...
10/03/2025
Project Management
The transition from the MDD (Medical Device Directive) to the MDR ( Medical Device Regulation ) has brought about a significant increase in the information requirements that must be provided together with medical devices. As outlined in Annex I, Chapter III of the MDR, both labelling and instructions for use (IFU) require more information compared to the previous directive. These increased...
03/03/2025
AbroadLink News
The translation company begins 2025 on a strong footing after a busy and fruitful 2024. [TOC] Increase in turnover AbroadLink 's growth continues its momentum, maintaining positive progress in 2024. Five years ago, we experienced one of the worst health emergencies in decades. The COVID-19 crisis paralysed the entire world, hitting us hard and leaving us unable to estimate its duration or long-...
25/02/2025
Project Management
Assessing the quality of translations in the medical device and healthcare industry is part of the processes aimed at ensuring patient safety and regulatory compliance. Notified Bodies, through their auditors, are responsible for verifying that translations of instructions for use, labelling and marketing materials comply with the applicable regulations. But what do the regulations say? And what...
03/12/2024
AbroadLink News
This year we give a step forward: AbroadLink participated as exhibitor in the most important medical technology event in Europe for 2024: the Medica trade fair in Düsseldorf . [TOC] Hall 13, Stand B13: service providers for MedTech Companies We were located in Hall 13, titled “IT Systems and IT Solutions”, where the majority of service providers for the medical device industry are placed in...
15/11/2024
Language Technology
Behind good text segmentation lie many aspects that make the difference between good and poor project management. Among these, the most important are budget, translation memory management, and translation quality. In this blog, we will address some of these issues, ranging from the most general aspects of segmentation to more specific and technical matters. [TOC] What is segmentation? When we...
31/10/2024
AbroadLink News
In our commitment with the medical device industry and in order to further understand the needs and requirements of our clients, AbroadLink joined TEAM-PRRC , the non-profit European Association dedicated to the new profession of "Person responsible for regulatory compliance" (PRRC) which originated in Article 15 of the Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR) and in Article 15 of the Regulation (EU) 2017/...
11/10/2024
International Marketing
The making available of medical devices in the European Union is a process regulated by strict standards, specifically Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices (MDR) and Regulation (EU) 2017/746 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDR). If you want a simple overview of the regulations, this guide outlines the essential steps to making available your medical device in the EU , all while...