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Ver�nica Albin


Ver�nica Albin is a freelance medical translator and Lecturer in Spanish at the Center for the Study of Languages at Rice University in Houston, Texas, where she teaches advanced translation, cross-cultural communication, and medical Spanish. She joined ATA in 1982 and is accredited in English ↔ Spanish. In 1991 she was invited to join ATA's English → Spanish grading team, and has since served as language chair, co-chair, and deputy chair.
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» What's in a Name: Juliet's Question Revisited
By Ver�nica Albin | Published 06/3/2005 | Translation Techniques | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecI
Translating proper names.
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» Handling Greek and Latin Terms in Spanish Medical Translation
By Ver�nica Albin | Published 06/5/2005 | Medical Translation | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecI
Peter Ustinov once said that Russia is like a screwed-up pill where the bitter part is on the outside and the sugar coating is in the middle. The same holds true for medical translation; once you get over the bitter coating, you start to enjoy it. Since Greek is the language of choice for pathology, we expect to find this language in disease nomenclature. Perhaps one of the most difficult ...
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» Does Juliet's Rose, by Any Other Name, Smell as Sweet?
By Ver�nica Albin | Published 06/7/2005 | Translation Techniques | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecIRateSecIRateSecIRateSecI
Issues related to translating proper names.
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» For the Benefit & Helpe of Ladies and Gentlewomen: A Translator's Historical Review of Dictionaries and Their Eccentricities
By Ver�nica Albin | Published 06/9/2005 | Book Reviews | Recommendation:RateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecARateSecI
"When I use a word," said Humpty Dumpty, "it means just what I choose it to mean�neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master�that's all." Lewis Carrol, Through the Looking Glass Athough the major European countries have been prolific in bringing dictionari ...
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