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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...
05/10/2024
AbroadLink News
At AbroadLink Translations , we are constantly pushing the boundaries of technology to offer the most advanced language solutions. We’ve developed a web application integrated with XTRF , a leading translation management system, that connects via API with OpenAI's models (GPT-3.5, GPT-4, and GPT-4o mini) for automatic translation, also called generative translation in this context. This...
04/10/2024
Translation
Medical translation is a discipline that is increasingly in demand and is of vital importance in the healthcare sector. With growing globalisation and rapid breakthroughs in medicine, the need for accurate and reliable translations in this sector has become key for ensuring quality care for patients, no matter where they are. This article explores the importance of medical translation, the...
27/09/2024
Translation
[TOC] A crucial role in healthcare The medical device sector is essential for providing safe and effective healthcare. These devices encompass a wide range of equipment and services, designed to diagnose, prevent, monitor, treat, mitigate, compensate, modify, or replace in cases of diseases or injuries. Classification of medical devices Medical devices are classified according to their risk level...
20/09/2024
Translation
Pharmaceutical translation is an extremely specialised and demanding field, requiring not only language proficiency but also a deep understanding of technical terms and the specific regulations of each country. The slightest error could have disastrous consequences. Let us take a closer look at the challenges and particularities of this field. [TOC] Variety of documents to translate The types of...