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Volume 340:2008 June 24, 1999 Number 25
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A Word to the Wise

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To the Editor: Communication within the world medical community could be improved if native speakers of English at international conferences displayed the same awareness and skills that they use so well in writing for the medical literature. I translate for physicians and biomedical researchers and admire the economy of writing and the precision of language in international journals. The English used in scientific articles is rapidly learned and is well understood by non–English speakers. I have yet to meet a researcher who has any problems reading biomedical journals in English.

In contrast, many of the physicians and researchers who have . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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