Can doctors safely use Google to translate patient information?
If you drop the jargon and use plain English, the online service makes few errors, doctors' study shows
Looking after patients who don’t speak English?
Google Translate may be able to help, according to a new US study that finds the app is up to the job — with some caveats, such as dropping the jargon.
The results come from a study of 100 sets of ED patient discharge instructions converted from English into Spanish and Chinese by doctors using Google Translate.
It shows there are very few significant errors.
