Cross-Cultural Health Translation

Meng Ji is Associate Professor of Translation Studies at the School of Languages and Cultures, The University of Sydney, Australia.

• Part I: Exploring Health Translation Models 1. Developing Multiple Language Versions of Instruments for Intercultural Research (Samru Erkut) 2. Exploring the Cultural Dimension of Healthcare Translation (Lucia Ruiz Rosendo) 3. Patient-oriented and Cultural-adapted (POCA) Healthcare Translations (Shanshan Lim and Meng Ji) 4. Exploring Effective Mental Health Translation Models (Amelia Black) 5. Terminological Variation in Health Policy Translation (Meng Ji) Part II: Developing and Assessing Digital Health Translation Resources 6. Translating Post-disaster Educational Handouts for Non-English Speaking Caregivers (Melissa A. Heath, Elizabeth Cutrer-Parraga and Amelia Black) 7. Developing Literacy-adapted Health Translation Resources: the European Health Literacy Glossary (Kristine Sørensen) 8. Improving Access to and Participation in Medical Research for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Background Patients: A Bilingual, Digital Communication Approach (Robyn Woodward-Kron, Agnese Bresin, John Hajek, Anna Parker, Tuong Dien Phan, Joanne Hughson and David Story) 9. An Ontological Approach to Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Healthcare Questionnaires (Adriana S. Pagano, André L. Rosa Teixeira, Arthur de Melo Sá, Heloisa de C. Torres and Ilka A. Reis) 10. Is Machine Language Translation a Viable Tool for Health Communication? (Xuewei Chen and Sandra Acosta)

This valuable collection of empirical studies on health translation opens a fruitful dialogue between scholars and professionals with a view to broadening scientific knowledge and enhancing praxis for the benefit of our increasingly multilingual societies.Sara Laviosa, Università degli Studi di Bari ‘Aldo Moro’, Italy