LexicalMed BD An online database for the selection of biomedical lexicographic resources for translators
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A professional translator needs to dispose of reliable documentation resources in order to successfully tackle their work. Information today must be fast, truthful, and reliable. That is, translators need a quality documentation source where they can find what they are looking for. This source must also be as accessible as possible and, above all, must provide quality information. It would be desirable to be able to find the required translation resource without having to check the characteristics of the resource by himself/herself. That is, the translation professionals, or even students, might want a search tool that would allow them to find and select the resource that is most convenient at a given time for the specific translation topic at hand as well as its quality. Taking these considerations into account, we present a website, LexicalMed BD, which will allow the translator to select a biomedical lexical resource (English-Spanish). This website includes several sections, all of them useful for the translator in the task of lexicographic documentation. On the one hand, a database with analyzed and organized lexicographic resources of various subjects from the biomedical field. In this database, the user can filter according to a large number of parameters to find the resource that best suits their specific needs. On the second hand, it also has an electronic and scoring template for the analysis and evaluation of lexicographic resources which is explained in detail and available to the website user. Finally, the website presents a lexicographic resource proposal for the specialty of botany.
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