Professional medical & healthcare translation

The price of a medical translation depends on volume, language pair, technical complexity, document type and urgency. At blarlo, we optimise costs using translation memory technology that detects repetitions in your documentation. Our corporate rates start at €0.06/word for professional medical translation. Write to us and we’ll prepare a no-obligation quote.

Translating medical reports and informed consents is one of the most common healthcare translation services. Pricing mainly depends on document length, source and target languages, the level of terminological specialisation and the project’s urgency. These texts often include clinical information, results, instructions or patient explanations, so it’s important that the translation is carried out by a specialist medical translator. A well-executed translation prevents misinterpretation, maintains documentary consistency and enables an accurate understanding of the content.

Turnaround time for a medical translation depends on document volume, the complexity of the healthcare content, the working language and the project’s urgency. As a general reference, a specialist medical translator can translate between 2,000 and 2,500 words per day for standard healthcare texts. However, more complex documents such as clinical trials, patient leaflets, IFUs or technical dossiers may require more time because they need especially careful review to ensure terminological accuracy and documentary consistency. For urgent projects, it’s also possible to organise translation and review teams to shorten deadlines without compromising final quality.

Clinical protocols and regulatory documentation are often lengthy documents containing specialised terminology, technical references, formal structure and very demanding consistency requirements. For this reason, translating this type of documentation requires particularly rigorous review. The time needed will depend on total word count, therapeutic area, content complexity and whether the document includes appendices, tables, questionnaires or additional material. In general, it’s advisable to analyse the project in advance to estimate delivery time accurately and ensure a reliable medical translation.

No. Medical translation refers to the professional translation of healthcare documents such as clinical reports, protocols, patient leaflets, IFUs or hospital documentation, where terminological accuracy and understanding the clinical or technical context are paramount. Sworn translation, by contrast, is an officially certified translation produced by a sworn translator authorised by the competent authority. This type of translation is used when the document needs official validity before public administrations, courts, insurers, universities or institutions. In some projects both can be combined—for example, when a medical report must be formally submitted in another country.

A medical translator is involved in translating documents that contain healthcare, clinical, pharmaceutical or technical terminology. Common examples include medical reports, clinical records, informed consents, clinical trial protocols, patient leaflets, technical data sheets, pharmacovigilance documentation, IFUs, labelling, medical device manuals, scientific articles, hospital materials and patient-facing content. In all these cases, it’s important to use a translator with healthcare experience who can correctly interpret the technical meaning of each term and adapt it to the target context.

Yes. Medical translation for clinical trials, regulatory documentation and healthcare internationalisation processes is one of the most common needs for laboratories, CROs, manufacturers and healthcare companies. In these cases we translate protocols, informed consents, CRFs, IBs, questionnaires, patient leaflets, technical data sheets, IFUs, manuals, packaging, technical documentation and support materials. This type of translation requires terminological accuracy, clear writing and strict confidentiality, as documents often contain sensitive information and highly demanding documentary requirements.

Yes. Many of our projects come from hospitals, clinics, laboratories, medical departments, regulatory affairs teams, CROs, medical device manufacturers, healthtech startups and pharmaceutical companies that need to translate healthcare documentation frequently. In these cases we can set up recurring workflows, terminology memories and specialist translation teams to maintain consistency across all documents. This makes it possible to manage large volumes of medical translation while maintaining terminological consistency, fast response times and documentary security.

We offer medical translation in many languages with native specialist healthcare translators. The most common languages include English, French, German, Italian and Portuguese, although we also work with many other language combinations. Translator assignment depends on the source language, target language and the type of healthcare document. This ensures each project is translated by a professional with real experience in the relevant medical field.