The Patient-Professional Communication Plugin (PPCP) platform is linking multilingual professional and non-professional language use, both written and spoken. The fundamental approach of PPCP is to ensure accuracy and validity in the translation between professional and non-professional language. The platform is built through the integration of existing commercial tools for multilingual terminology management and text management.
The current implementation is applied to the health domain, in particular to Electronic Health Records. A logged-in user first chooses his/her source language, in which the medical record is written. The system then provides explanations of the medical terms in the target language. The termbase behind the application contains professional and everyday language related to 'heart attack' in Danish, Finnish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish and English. Some concepts and terms are also explained in Arabic, Icelandic, Northern Sami, Somali and Tigrinya.
Language Coverage
English
(Latin),
Norwegian Bokmål
(Latin),
Danish
(Latin),
Finnish
(Latin),
Swedish
(Latin)