Medical translation training around Europe It’s been said a thousand times, yet, many are still not fully aware of the importance that translation has in our daily lives. Rather than merely supplanting one form of words with another, the translator has the capacity to enhance our understanding of indigenous cultures by mediating ideas across cultural and national boundaries. 1 This is not always intuitive and specialised translation courses are a must, both for those with a degree or experience in the chosen specialisation domain – medical com - munication, regulatory documentation or other clinical texts – and those with a degree in translation wanting to specialise in a given field.