Healthcare Localization & Medical Translation
Pubrica provides medical translation and healthcare localization for pharma and medtech companies launching in new markets, clinical trial sponsors, hospital systems, medical device manufacturers and patient advocacy organizations. Each project delivers the translated document in the target language, a linguistic and subject-matter-expert review confirmation, a terminology glossary for the language pair, a print- or web-ready formatted file and, where required, a back-translation report, with quality assurance aligned to ISO 17100. Translation is carried out in-house by domain-qualified linguists. A named subject specialist manages your project from brief to delivery, and a second, independent reviewer checks the translation before it reaches you.
- Translated document in target language — included in every engagement
- Linguistic/subject-matter-expert review confirmation — included in every engagement
- Optional back-translation report — included in every engagement
- Produced to named standards, including ISO 17100
- A published starting price: $0.22/word for the standard scope
Translated document in target languageIncluded
Linguistic/subject-matter-expert review confirmationIncluded
Optional back-translation reportIncluded
Terminology glossary for the language pairIncluded
Work outside the agreed scopeNot included
Brief → scoping → draft → delivered
- Translated document in target language
- Linguistic/subject-matter-expert review confirmation
- Optional back-translation report
- Terminology glossary for the language pair
- Print- or web-ready formatted file
Deliverables
Five Deliverables in Every Medical Translation Project
Every item below is produced in-house by Pubrica’s domain-qualified linguists and checked by a second, independent reviewer before delivery.
Who We Serve
Five Client Groups We Support with Medical Translation and Healthcare Localization
The organizations below commission this service, and each project is planned around the audience who will use the material.
Compliance and Standards
Four Standards and Guidelines Applied to Medical Translation and Healthcare Localization
The regulatory codes, guidelines and quality standards that apply to this service.
ISO 17100
ISO 17100 is the recognized quality standard for translation service provision and is commonly cited by medical translation providers.
ISO 13485
ISO 13485 applies when translated content relates to medical devices, because device documentation falls under device quality-management requirements.
FDA / EMA regulatory guidelines
FDA and EMA guidelines govern the regulatory and labeling content being translated, independently of the translation process itself.
Quality management (cert. H3CR9TCU20251212INDQM10N)
Governs how each project is managed, reviewed and documented.
Responsible Use of AI
Our Approach to AI Use in Medical Translation and Healthcare Localization
Generative tools are useful for drafting and iteration. They are not used anywhere the output could be mistaken for verified clinical data or a real patient.
Why we do not publish AI accuracy figures
Accuracy figures for AI design and content tools are usually reported by the vendors that sell them.
For this reason we do not quote an accuracy figure of our own. We tell you which tool was used on your project, at which stage, and what a named reviewer changed afterwards.
Our Process
How Our Medical Translation Process Works
Each project moves from brief and scoping to a reviewed first draft, then to revisions and final delivery.
Submit Your Brief and Reference Material
Send us the source material, details of who the translation is for and anything that must or must not appear, together with any existing assets, brand guidelines or reference material we should work from.
Scoping Consultation
We confirm the audience, the applicable standards and, for scoped work, the factors that determine the final price, so the quote is agreed before work begins.
Concept and First Draft
A subject specialist and the production team build the first version against the brief, reviewed internally for accuracy before it reaches you.
Revisions and Final Delivery
We incorporate your revisions and deliver the files listed on this page, including the working files, so the material can be updated later without starting again.
Request a Free Scoping Assessment for Your Medical Translation Project
We confirm the cost, timeline and applicable standards before you commit to anything. The assessment is free and is completed within two business days.
Our Experts
Your Medical Translation Team
The same named team of specialists stays with your project from scoping to delivery.
Determines which claims the evidence supports. The subject expert is matched to your topic and tells you clearly when the brief asks for something the evidence does not support.
Reviews the work independently of the first pass and reconciles the two, because most errors in this work are factual rather than errors of reasoning. Disagreements are logged and adjudicated.
Responsible for file formats, compliance with the destination specification and the handover of working files, so that the delivered files match what you requested.
Confirms that the work meets the standards that apply to it, whether MLR, WCAG, a regulatory guidance or the body that governs the specific deliverable.
Evidence Base
Evidence Informing Our Medical Translation Approach
Each point below is sourced from published research or guidance, or owned by a named role on the team. We can direct you to the source or the reviewer on request.
Packages
Medical Translation Pricing: Published Starting Price
The published starting price below covers the standard scope; larger projects are quoted before work begins.
Healthcare Localization & Medical Translation
Fixed price per source word, per target language, for standard medical/patient-facing content translation including one subject-matter-expert linguistic review pass; back-translation and additional validation rounds are quoted as add-ons per language.
$0.22/wordPublished starting price
Delivery 5–10 business days
- ✓Translated document in target language
- ✓Linguistic/subject-matter-expert review confirmation
- ✓Optional back-translation report
- ✓Terminology glossary for the language pair
- ✓Print- or web-ready formatted file
Quality Assurance
Our Service Commitment
The revision commitment that applies to every project, with its scope and remedy stated in advance.
The Pubrica revision commitment
Free Revision When Work Does Not Meet the Agreed Brief or Named Standard
Within the agreed scope, we revise at no extra cost any work that does not match the brief or a standard named on this page.
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The brief is confirmed before production
Confirming the brief at scoping prevents misunderstandings that would otherwise require rework after delivery.
02
A named reviewer signs off before you see it
The review is made against the standards listed on this page.
03
AI use is disclosed
We tell you which tool was used, at which stage, and what a human reviewer changed afterwards.
04
You receive the working files
The material can be updated later without starting again or paying for the work twice.
Client Stories
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions About Medical Translation and Healthcare Localization
If your question is not answered here, ask an expert — no quote required.
Pubrica provides medical translation and healthcare localization for pharma and medtech companies launching in new markets, clinical trial sponsors, hospital systems, medical device manufacturers and patient advocacy organizations. Each project delivers the translated document in the target language, a linguistic and subject-matter-expert review confirmation, a terminology glossary for the language pair, a print- or web-ready formatted file and, where required, a back-translation report, with quality assurance aligned to ISO 17100. Translation is carried out in-house by domain-qualified linguists. A named subject specialist manages your project from brief to delivery, and a second, independent reviewer checks the translation before it reaches you.
The core deliverable is the translated document in the target language; the full list appears under “Deliverables” on this page.
Medical translation vendors structure pricing around three models -- per-word, per-page, and project-based -- with cost driven by domain expertise, language pair, and depth of quality assurance rather than a single flat industry rate.
This requirement is documented in published research and regulatory guidance, so our specialists address it as a defined part of every project.
The published starting price is $0.22/word, charged per source word and per target language, for standard medical and patient-facing content, including one subject-matter-expert linguistic review pass. Back-translation and additional validation rounds are quoted as add-ons per language, and any work beyond the standard scope is quoted before it begins.
Pharma and medtech companies launching in new markets
Clinical trial sponsors translating patient-facing consent and instruction materials
ISO 17100 is the recognized quality standard for translation service provision and is commonly cited by medical translation providers.
We apply this standard from the start of each project rather than correcting for it after a reviewer raises it.
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Further Reading on Medical Translation and Healthcare Localization
Request a Free Scoping Assessment for Your Medical Translation Project
Receive a free assessment of cost, timeline and applicable standards within two business days.