Languages
Native language: Italian | Source languages:
German
English
French
Membership
Association of Translators and Interpreters
Qualified member since 2004
(Member Profile) (Membership Certificate)
Qualified member since 2004
(Member Profile) (Membership Certificate)
Work experience
DE → IT
Translated or proofread texts
- Pharmaceutics (review of the summary of product characteristics according to Swissmedic specifications)
- Cardiology
- Multiple-choice questions (medical examinations)
- Pharmacology (Summary of Product Characteristics, Patient Information Leaflets)
- Dietetics, dietotherapy, nutrition
- Insurance/Forensic Medicine
- Occupational medicine
- Pathology
- Pharma Marketing
- Pneumology
- Urology
- Medical Records (orthopedics; neurosurgery; endocrinology; US; MRI)
- Scientific articles abstracts (microbiology)
- Transplantation medicine
- Orthopedic shoes
- Popular medical information
EN → IT
Translated or proofread texts
- ART - Editorial Services (Bologna) 2003-2004
- Textbook (cardiology) [92,000 words]
- Urologic oncology in Urologia Clinica [50,000 words]
- Cardiology (from Topol EJ, "Textbook of cardiovascular medicine") [65,000 words]
- Textbook (cardiology) [90,000 words]
- Textbook (radiology) [97,000 words]
- Cardiology
- Pharmacology (EMEA documentation, Summary of Product Characteristics, Clinical Trial Protocols)
- Physician's detail aids; detailing scripts; pharmaceutical marketing
- Dietetics, dietotherapy, nutrition
- Orthopedics
- General surgery
- Urology
- Nuclear medicine
- Prosthetic devices (orthopedics)
- Immunohematology
- Cardiological devices
- Urology devices
- Gynecology
- Vascular surgery
- Hematology
- Medical software operating manuals (Ambulatory blood pressure management software; Nocturnal apnea device software)
FR → IT
University of Bern (since 2020)
- Annual translation of multiple-choice questions for medical students
- Annual revision of translations of texts for medical examinations
EN → EN
Editorial staff member: Caduceus (A Publication of the Medical Division of the American Translators Association)
- Gilberto Lacchia, MD - Introducing PubMed (Tips & Tricks for Medical Translators), pp. 24-27 — Spring 2004
- Gilberto Lacchia, MD - Toxicology and Chemistry Resources, pp. 23-26 — Summer 2004
- Marina Callegari, MD and Gilberto Lacchia, MD - Glossary Of Terms Used In Clinical Research (Italian Translation), pp. 12-20 — Winter 2004
- Gilberto Lacchia, MD - Bilingual and multilingual medical sites, pp. 10-12 — Spring 2005
- Gilberto Lacchia, MD - The Role of the EMEA in the European Union, pp. 19-23 — Summer 2005
- G. Sanchez, D. Gautheret - Searching Translation Units on the World Wide Web Through Co-occurrence Maximization (English translation by G. Lacchia), pp. 16-22 — Winter 2005
- Gilberto Lacchia, MD - Original language search on PubMed, pp. 27-29 — Spring 2006
Education and training
- May 2010 - Certificate of Chinese Proficiency (new HSK level 4 - European CEF level B2) Score 201
- May 2009 - Certificate of Chinese Proficiency HSK Test (Basic) - Score 173 (B)
- 2009-2010 Chinese language course (elementary, www.guavatalk.com)
- 2008-2009 Chinese language course (basic)
- German Language Study (Deutsch Institut, Biella) with the following diplomas:
- Deutsch Zertifikat (Deutsch Institut)
- Deutsch Diplom (Deutsch Institut)
- Zertifikat Deutsch (Goethe Institut) - 292/300
- 2007 - Cambridge Advanced Examination (Grade B)
- 1992 - Test of English as Foreign Language - TOEFL (593/677)
- 1992 - Foreign Medical Graduates Examination in Medical Sciences (FMGEMS) (it includes an English language examination)
- 1992 - GMC Full Registration as a Medical Practitioner
- 1989 - Medical Degree at the University of Turin
- 1981 - Scientific High School Diploma (56/60) (English language and literature being subject of the examination)
Physician activity
- From 1993 to present, activity as family physician (ASL TO04 - Piedmont)
- Since 2013: Tutor identified by the Piedmont Region for the specialized training of general practitioners
Blogging & outreach
Prescrivere
Notes for the general practitioner. A space devoted to therapy, pharmacovigilance, first-choice drugs, and prescribing awareness in primary care. Prescribing and rational use of diagnostic tests.
Intelligenza Medica
Artificial intelligence tools for the physician's practice: a practical guide to integrating them into our work. What generative AI can give us, its limitations, what we need to know to use it best, ethics, privacy, etc.
Personal skills and competences
- ECDL Certification
- Wide experience in Internet use (since 1995)
- Particular interest in the field of medical acronyms: more than ten years ago I compiled the list "ACROMED, Italian and English medical acronyms", which I was responsible for updating until 2020 together with my colleague Joseph Tein. It is published on the blog ACROMED.
- Author, in English, of the chapter "Internet and medicine" for the "European Textbook of Family Medicine".
- Personal interest: creative techniques and lateral thinking.
- Interested, as a practitioner, in Vipassana meditation: translator, from English, of "Manual of Mindfulness of Breathing (Anapani Dipani)", published on the website Vipassana Italia.
Software used
- Windows 11
- Office suite: MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel
- CAT Tools:
- Trados Studio 2021 (Trados Studio 2014 Certification)
- Déjà Vu X3 (Course)
- MemoQ
- Transit NXT
- Adobe Acrobat
- Dragon Naturally Speaking