ABOUT US

From the Lab to the Patients

We are a team of specialised medical and pharmaceutical translators that can help with accurate and timely translations of your key documents.

Our Vision is to be the leading language service provider offering specialised medical and pharmaceutical translation services to help build vital communication bridges between scientists, researchers, regulators, healthcare professionals, and patients worldwide.

Our Mission is to accompany pharma and biotech research companies in their remarkable undertaking of drug discovery, development, registration, manufacturing, marketing and promotion by contributing

with accurate, terminology-compliant and timely specialised translations.

Our Core Values set the standard for our decisions, processes, and interactions with team members, customers and partners. They serve as our inner compass that helps align our actions with what matters most: quality, speed, and confidentiality in every translation project we deliver.

At Vital, you are in the right hands. Go global faster with our specialised linguistic solutions.

Specialised medical and pharmaceutical translators

Who We Are

We are a language service provider with 15+ years of experience in the translation industry. We provide accurate, high-quality, terminology-compliant and timely medical and pharmaceutical translations from English into Spanish and Spanish into English to accompany pharma and biotech companies in their extraordinary endeavours of drug discovery, development, registration, authorisation, marketing and promotion.

 

Out team of specialised translators combine linguistic competence, professional translation skills and subject matter knowledge to help create accurate and timely translations that facilitate communication among key multinational players that integrate scientific research with clinical practice to improve patients outcomes and public health.

Specialised translations of key documents in the medical, clinical research and pharmaceutical fields

What We Do

We provide specialised translation of key documents in the medical, clinical research and pharmaceutical fields to help our clients reach Spanish-speaking and English-speaking European pharmaceutical markets.

 

Specialisation in the context of medical and pharmaceutical translation means that we have learned (and currently master) part of the theory the actual experts in these fields have; that is, we are conversant—by study and experience—with all the stages of drug development. Vital translators have subject matter knowledge of core scientific disciplines and regulatory affairs. This comprehensive knowledge allows us them to properly approach complex scientific and technical texts, appropriately interpret them, quickly solve any translation problem that may arise and faithfully create a final translated version that is accurate and sounds natural in the target language.

 

We, specialised medical and pharmaceutical translators—a very rare species—are not going to practise medicine nor develop new therapeutic interventions, we are not going to provide healthcare to patients nor give second opinions, but we are going to accurately understand and, as a consequence, transfer the information that the actual experts have written in the documents that require translation.

With knowledge and skills perfectly synchronised in every step of the translation process

How We Do It

By ensuring synchronisation of every step in the translation process, we create accurate translations of key documents in a timely manner to help avoid delays in our clients’ processes during the journey of a new drug from the lab to the patients.

 

We work together as a team, internally with all the experts in charge of the different steps of the translation process and externally with our clients to ensure their preferences, specifications and requirements are properly implemented in every translation project we deliver.

 

We trust in the marvels of human brains. Our translation and machine translation post-editing services are delivered in an accurately and timely manner thanks to Vital translators, editors and QA experts’ proficient language and translation skills, domain knowledge, contextual understanding, and real-world cultural awareness.

We work exclusively with the pharmaceutical industry

Why Choose Us

We exclusively translate medical, scientific and pharma/biotech documents. With our specialised English into Spanish and Spanish into English translations, we help our clients successfully reach key English-speaking and Spanish-speaking markets

 

We are not a one-size-fits-all language service provider offering general translation services for a broad range of industries. We work exclusively with the healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. We offer translations of key documents generated in the medical setting as well as documents generated during drug development.

 

Our linguistic solutions range from human specialised translation, transcription, and subtitling services to machine-translation post editing services that help with communication, scientific processes, regulatory compliance, and promotional strategies in the medical and pharmaceutical fields.

Whether for healthcare professionals or for patients and/or their caregivers, we provide accurate translations of medical content related to healthcare delivery, patient care and medical devices, such as medical records, hospital admission or discharge papers, instructions for use, etc., adapting the translation approach and using the appropriate language (technical or simplified) based on the target audience of the medical document.

Due to the highly technical, sensitive and regulated nature of the pharma and biotech industries, translation of key documents require translators’ combined expertise in all the stages of small and large drug molecule development, target language regulatory framework and, most importantly, terminology of mandatory use in the regulatory context. We accompany the processes of drug development by providing accurate and timely translations of key documentation.

Translation of legal documents related to new drug registration, development, approval, manufacturing, quality control, marketing and postmarketing surveillance requires more than linguistic competence. Translators’ in-depth knowledge of source and target regulatory and legal framework of small and large drug molecule development is key to produce accurate, timely and compliant translations.

Scientific-research work is one of the main pillars of modern medicine. Scientific knowledge has traditionally been shared in well-known international journals. But congresses, conferences, seminars, symposiums, video capsules, or even podcasts are also common channels for sharing research work. We provide multimedia content transcription, video subtitling as well as translation of key digital content such as presentations, visuals, e-books, and so forth.

Key marketing strategies are crucial to help pharma/biotech products reach the intended audience in the new market. The role of translation is criticalto the success of such marketing strategies. Vital translators’ linguistic proficiency, subject matter knowledge and copywriting skills can provide language and culturally adapted translations of your key promotional material.

Desktop Publishing Services

This is one of the final stages of the translation and localisation processes. A team of experts in the field of desktop publishing (DTP) helps us create professional output of translated files by creating layouts and quality digital documents or documents for print to ensure that the translated document format keeps the integrity of the original design. It applies to any type of document: detailing material, bulletins, booklets, brochures, presentations, visual aids, and so forth.

FROM THE LAB TO THE PATIENTS

Specialised Linguistic Solutions

Click on the links below to learn more about how our specialised linguistic services can help in each sector of pharma and biotech industries.

At Vital, you are in the right hands. Go global faster with our specialised linguistic solutions.

Are translation and interpretation the same kind of language service?

No. Although both translation and interpretation are language services that require the linguists in charge to be proficient in both the source language and the target language, have translation skills as well as subject matter knowledge on the topic they are working with and be accurate in conveying the tone and intent of the original message, these services serve different purposes. The translation service implies working with written text. Translators work with different types of documents to be printed, published online or even exchanged with other people. The interpretation service implies working with speech; that is, spoken text. Interpreters can work in situ, for example, in meetings, congresses, seminars, over the phone or via videocall. Whether you need a translation service or an interpretation service, always trust certified professional linguists.

No. The translation of regulatory documentation requires in-depth knowledge of the source and target regulatory affairs as well as of the terminology of mandatory use in the pharmaceutical industry to provide high-quality and timely translations and help avoid delays during drug authorisation and registration processes. The translation of advertising materials requires subject matter knowledge plus a touch of creativity, a combination of translation and copywriting skills to transfer the creative language —generally lost during a direct translation— into the target language to achieve the desired response from the target audience.

Yes. The desktop publishing (DTP) service can be provided as an integrated part of the translation process or as an independent service. In the first case, the client sends us the file for translation, and we then deliver a translated file that keeps the integrity of the original design. In the second case, the client sends the linguistic content and the specifications for page layout and a team of experts in the field of desktop publishing generates page layouts and produces printed or digital materials using DTP software. In both cases, we can advise the client on professional output aligned with the target language’s visual layout and design requirements.

Yes. The method for establishing translation rates is based on source word count, language pair, complexity of the document, project volume and urgency of delivery. When clients contact us to get a quote, we analyse the file(s) to determine total word count and the complexity of the file(s) and we also take into account the language pair; for example, if it is English into Spanish, or Spanish into English. Special discount rates may apply in big-volume projects and extra “rush charges” may apply in the case of urgent deliveries.

Yes. To be able to provide a quote, we first need to analyse the file(s) to determine the word count, the complexity and the translation steps that would be involved in the whole translation process; that is, we need to evaluate whether there is non-editable text that needs to be converted into editable text to be translated, determine the total word count to estimate the translation time and delivery date, and assess whether the file(s) require desktop publishing (DTP). To be able to provide an accurate quote, we need to see and analyse the file(s).