Translation into Arabic in the health field between the requirements of the communicative and translational acts

Abstract

Communication is a civilizational act and an essential element in human life as life itself is an ongoing communication. Since people's languages are multiple, the need for translation has come, which is one of the most important tools for communication between peoples and civilizations. Translation in the health field, including medical translation,is a form of specialized translation that is the convergence point of language specialists and health professionals. Thus, medical translation, for instance, plays an important and a dangerous role in the lives of all human beings, whether they are doctors, patients, or even researchers, because it is about human health.In the light of the foregoing, this article demonstrates the relationship between translation in the health field and communication,and highlights their roles in building bridges of trust between the patient on the one hand and the doctor, nurse andeven the pharmacist on the other hand by exploring the following problematic: To what extent can medical translation affect the quality of communication in the health field?