title: Development of the Spanish version of the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine: methodology and main issues.
abstract: This presentation features linguistic and terminology management issues related to the development of the Spanish version of the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED). It aims at describing the aspects of translating and the difficulties encountered in delivering a natural and consistent medical nomenclature. Bunge's three-layered model is referenced to analyze the sequence of symbolic concept representations. It further explains how a communicative translation based on a concept-to-concept approach was used to achieve the highest level of flawlessness and naturalness for the Spanish rendition of SNOMED. Translation procedures and techniques are described and exemplified. Both the computer-aided and human translation methods are portrayed. The scientific and translation team tasks are detailed, with focus on Newmark's four-level principle for the translation process, extended with a fifth further level relevant to the ontology to control the consistency of the typology of concepts. Finally the convenience for a common methodology to develop non-English versions of SNOMED is suggested.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas (CEMIC), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Reynoso
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: March
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Berra
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Strobietto
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barani
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authors.lastname: Iubatti
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authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Chiaradio
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Serebrisky
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Vaccarezza
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Leguiza
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ceitlin
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Luna
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Bernaldo de Quirós
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Otegui
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Puga
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authors.lastname: Vallejos
mesh_terms: D007802:Language; D008037:Linguistics; D014175:Translating; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled