From rhoskins@home.com Fri May 5 11:19:33 2000 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id LAA50260 for ; Fri, 5 May 2000 11:19:05 -0700 Received: from mail.rdc1.wa.home.com (imail@ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com [24.0.2.66]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id LAA24434 for ; Fri, 5 May 2000 11:19:04 -0700 Received: from c501552a ([24.5.121.123]) by mail.rdc1.wa.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.00 201-229-116) with SMTP id <20000505181902.KCSD11443.mail.rdc1.wa.home.com@c501552a>; Fri, 5 May 2000 11:19:02 -0700 Message-ID: <017701bfb6be$64784bb0$7b790518@olmpi1.wa.home.com> From: "Dick Hoskins" To: Cc: , , , , , Subject: Spanish GIS and epidemiology Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 11:19:01 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0174_01BFB683.B6B3F040" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0174_01BFB683.B6B3F040 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My request coincerning Spaish language info for Epi, stat, and GIS = resulted in: (if I left you contribution out please teel me. I suugesst = you put this away somwhere. I had no idea that I would be ever reauired = to have this material on board. I have checked about 1/2 of these so far = - the rest soon - and found useful results.=20 Dick Hoskins rhoskins@home.com GIS uses in public health summer course: http://healthlinks.washington.edu/inpho/gis/course.html Check with Oxford U. Press about a Spanish translation of the Last = "Dictionary of Epidemiology, 3rd ed." Since it is sponsored by IEA, I = think it's been translated. =20 Try =20 There is an international dictionary of epidemiologic terms,=20 Check the epidemio-l listserv postings in the last couple of years. PLL Online - Computer-assisted Translation=20 WHO Technical Terminology Service=20 Computer-assisted translation at WHO Headquarters. Within the Office of = Language Services, the Computer-assisted Translation and Terminology = Unit is assessing=20 technical options for using computer-assisted translation systems based = on "translation memory". With such systems, translators have immediate = access to previous=20 translations of portions of the text before them. Includes WHO Policy = documents, glossaries, and links to other online electronic translation = services. More than 50=20 medical dictionaries and glossaries online and the WHOTERM index.=20 http://www.who.int/pll/cat/=20 The World Health Organization's EPI-INFO and EPIMAP tools are translated = into Spanish. A search on www.iheal.org turned up an English version = for downloading at=20 LAMPADA=20 Discipline of Medical Informatics of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of = the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro - UERJ FTP site for = downloading 1996 version=20 6.04a of EPI-INFO and EPIMAP.=20 http://www.lampada.uerj.br/ingles/english.html=20 (actually these are products of US CDC in Atlanta)=20 I suggest you write the Rio Faculty for information on obtaining a = Spanish language download version. There e-address is = Epiinfo@lampada.uerj.br=20 =20 I have or used to have ( I cant see it in my office, it might be at = home) a Spanish English glossary of health/Epi terms. I think CDC/PAHO put it = out. I would be surprised if PAHO doesn't have a similar one for GIS; they have done a fair amount of training in LA. I'll look for my copy. Check the PAHO web page. I have not come across any Spanish epidemiology books but going to = Barnes and=20 Noble dot com (ww.bn.com) and using the search term "medical terminology = Spanish" there are about 60 hits of medical Spanish books and = dictionaries.=20 Some of these maybe helpful in finding epi terminology. Using = "epidemiology=20 terminology Spanish" or "epidemiology Spanish" does not get any direct = hits,=20 just the medical Spanish ones. As noted in some earlier e-mail PAHO (Pan = American Health Organization) or WHO maybe good places to make = inquiries. Maptitude publishes a Spanish Language Overview, maybe they can help = you.=20 You might also try UT Dept. of Geography Resources.=20 Are you familiar with the Spanish Language GIS Magazine?=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0174_01BFB683.B6B3F040 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
My request coincerning Spaish language info for Epi, = stat, and=20 GIS resulted in: (if I left you contribution out please teel me. I = suugesst you=20 put this away somwhere. I had no idea that I would be ever reauired to = have this=20 material on board. I have checked about 1/2 of these so far - the rest = soon -=20 and found useful results.
 
Dick Hoskins
rhoskins@home.com
GIS uses in = public=20 health summer course:
http://h= ealthlinks.washington.edu/inpho/gis/course.html
 
Check with Oxford U. Press about a Spanish = translation of the=20 Last "Dictionary of Epidemiology, 3rd ed."  Since it is sponsored = by IEA, I=20 think it's been translated. 
 
 
Try <tigerr@cpcug.org> =20
 
There is an international dictionary of = epidemiologic=20 terms,
Check the epidemio-l listserv postings in the last couple of=20 years.


PLL Online - Computer-assisted Translation
WHO = Technical=20 Terminology Service
Computer-assisted translation at WHO = Headquarters.=20 Within the Office of Language Services, the Computer-assisted = Translation and=20 Terminology Unit is assessing
technical options for using = computer-assisted=20 translation systems based on "translation memory". With such systems,=20 translators have immediate access to previous
translations of = portions of=20 the text before them. Includes WHO Policy documents, glossaries, and = links to=20 other online electronic translation services. More than 50
medical=20 dictionaries and glossaries online and the WHOTERM index.
http://www.who.int/pll/cat/=20
 

The World Health Organization's EPI-INFO and EPIMAP tools are = translated into=20 Spanish.  A search on www.iheal.org turned up an English version = for=20 downloading at=20

LAMPADA
Discipline of Medical Informatics of the Faculty of = Medical=20 Sciences of the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro - UERJ FTP = site for=20 downloading 1996 version
6.04a of EPI-INFO and EPIMAP.
http://www.lampad= a.uerj.br/ingles/english.html=20

(actually these are products of US CDC in Atlanta)=20

 

I suggest you write the Rio Faculty for information on obtaining a = Spanish=20 language download version. There e-address is=20 Epiinfo@lampada.uerj.br 
 

I have or used to have ( I cant see it in my office, it might be at = home)=20 a
Spanish English glossary of health/Epi terms. I think CDC/PAHO put = it out.=20 I
would be surprised if PAHO doesn't have a similar one for GIS; they = have
done a  fair amount of training in LA. I'll look for my = copy. =20 Check the
PAHO web page.

I have not come across any Spanish epidemiology books but going to = Barnes and=20
Noble dot com (ww.bn.com) and using the search term "medical = terminology=20
Spanish" there are about 60 hits of medical Spanish books and = dictionaries.=20
Some of these maybe helpful in finding epi terminology. Using = "epidemiology=20
terminology Spanish" or "epidemiology Spanish" does not get any = direct hits,=20
just the medical Spanish ones. As noted in some earlier e-mail PAHO = (Pan=20
American Health Organization) or WHO maybe good places to make=20 inquiries.

Maptitude publishes a Spanish Language=20 Overview, maybe they can help you.=20

You might also try UT=20 Dept. of Geography Resources.=20

Are you familiar with the Spanish Language GIS=20 Magazine? =

 

 
 
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