title: Assisting the translation of the CORE subset of SNOMED CT into French.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  the Core Subset of SNOMED CT is part of the UMLS-Core Project dedicated to study problem list vocabularies. SNOMED CT is not yet translated into French.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  to propose an automated method to assist the translation of the CORE Subset of SNOMED CT into French.
  
  
  METHODS
  the 2009 AA versions of the CORE Subset of SNOMED CT and UMLS; use of four French-language terminologies integrated into the UMLS Metathesaurus: SNOMED International, ICD10, MedDRA, and MeSH.
  
  
  METHODS
  an exact mapping completed by a close mapping between preferred terms of the CORE Subset of SNOMED CT and those of the four terminologies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  89% of the preferred terms of the CORE Subset of SNOMED CT are mapped with at least one preferred term in one of the four terminologies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  if needed, synonymous terms could be added by the means of synonyms in the terminologies; the proposed method is independent from French and could be applied to other natural languages.
authors: LERTIM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Aix-Marseille 2, France.
authors: Hocine
authors: H
authors: Abdoune
authors: Tayeb
authors: T
authors: Merabti
authors: Stéfan J
authors: SJ
authors: Darmoni
authors: Michel
authors: M
authors: Joubert
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D039061:Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine; D014175:Translating; D017432:Unified Medical Language System; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled