Entries by BURG Translations

The future of the global medical device industry

If the data is any indicator, the global medical device industry is skyrocketing to huge growth in the next few years. According to the Global Medical Device Industry 2012-2017: Trend, Profit, and Forecast Analysis, the industry, which has grown significantly over the past five years, will hit $302 billion in the US by 2017. That’s […]

How to use FDA social media guidance

When it comes to using social media, highly regulated industries like pharma and medical devices constantly have a balancing act to perform. While you want to connect with your customers in meaningful ways on sites like Twitter, Google +, and Facebook, you don’t want to break any rules or get on the bad side of […]

Understanding translation memory

In order to make future translation projects easier, we use what’s called “translation memory”. This is simply a database that stores pairs of sentence segments in different languages to help translators maintain consistency in their work. The translation memory stores what are called “translation units;” for example, a translator working on a life sciences translation may […]