ECTB71H3

Medical Terminology, Translation and Interpretation I

Medical Language is a unique linguistic phenomenon. Medical translation and interpretation play a vital role in healthcare delivery to patients with limited English proficiency. In this comprehensive foundation course, students will study medical terminology in the context needed to translate and/or interpret in various healthcare settings, including Greek and Latin root words, prefixes, suffixes, combining forms and abbreviations, etc., and their Chinese language versions. This course also covers W.H.O. international standard terminologies on traditional Chinese medicine from Chinese to English.