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JMIR Publications, JMIR Medical Informatics, 4(3), p. e33, 2015
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Technology for Large-Scale Translation of Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Pilot Study of the Performance of a Hybrid Human and Computer-Assisted Approach
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Lieve Macken,
Koen Vanneste,
Martine Goossens,
Jan Vanschoenbeek,
Bert Aertgeerts,
Klaar Vanopstal,
Robert Vander Stichele,
Robert Vander Stichele,
Joost Buysschaert
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Abstract
Background: The construction of EBMPracticeNet, a national electronic point-of-care information platform in Belgium, began in 2011 to optimize quality of care by promoting evidence-based decision making. The project involved, among other tasks, the translation of 940 EBM Guidelines of Duodecim Medical Publications from English into Dutch and French. Considering the scale of the translation process, it was decided to make use of computer-aided translation performed by certificated translators with limited expertise in medical translation. Our consortium used a hybrid approach, involving a human translator supported by a translation memory (using SDL Trados Studio), terminology recognition (using SDL MultiTerm terminology databases) from medical terminology databases, and support from online machine translation. This resulted in a validated translation memory, which is now in use for the translation of new and updated guidelines.