Your Mind for Medical Translation
Are you looking for someone who understands both the language of medicine and the art of clear communication? I’m Ulrike Nichols, PhD, MITI, the translator — and the brain — behind Ample Translations. I help my clients bring their medical and pharmaceutical content to German-speaking audiences, both to medical professionals and patients. All of it with aAccuracy, fluency, and complete professionalism.
As a fully qualified Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (MITI), my translations communicate the nuances . My clients trust me to handle complex, sensitive materials that demand precision, consistency, and subject expertise.
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Medical texts such as clinical trials, brochures, training materials, websites, product surveys, and scientific articles
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Pharmaceutical documents including product characterizations, marketing authorization and certification files
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Medical product materials such as manuals and user instructions for medical devices and apps​
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“Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.”
(Anton Chekhov)
Experience & Expertise
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ISO 17100:2015 Qualification through Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI)
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Qualified Member of the ITI
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Medical translations (patient information, consent forms, study protocols, medical articles, marketing materials, websites, questionnaires)
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Academic papers and articles (history of medicine, education)
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Legal translations (contracts)
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Press Releases
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General translations (personal documents and certificates, CVs, brochures)
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Revisions
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Proofreading
CPD
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Medical Workshops organised by the Medical Network of the ITI (recent topics include NIHR, COPD, Covid-19, acute medicine, neurology, music and the brain)
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Textoptimierung - Einfach gendern. Ein Kombinwebinar mit Hendrike Doerr, organized by the Bundesverband der Dolmetscher und Übersetzer e. V.
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Short Course on Drugs and the Brain, Prof. Henry A. Lester, CALTECH, provided by Coursera
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Seminars on chemistry and biotechnology for translators (with Ed Zanders from Pharmaguide)
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Training course on contract law for translators (with David Hutchins from Lexacom)
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Seminars on Medicine (in particular, cardiology, immunology and urology) for Translators, organized by the BDÜ in Germany
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ITI Professional Development Courses, including IT and the Internet, Meet the Client, EU-terminology
File Formats
While machine translation (like DeepL or Google Translate) is not used at Ample Translations, translation software like SDL Trados, MemoQ, XTM or Phase is integral to my work. I use these tools to create my own translation memories and termbases, but I do not rely on a search engine to complete the actual translation. Standard formats I work with include:
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MS Office (DOC, RTF, TXT, XLS, PPT, PUB)
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Web files (HTML, XML)
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Email and PDF (InDesign) files
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Trados files (packages, SDLXLIFF)
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Wordfast files
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MemoQ files
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Memsource
experience & expertise
what clients say...
“Vielen Dank für Ihre Bereitschaft, sich so tief in die Materie einzuarbeiten; das ist nicht selbstverständlich!”
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Dr. Sabine Schlegelmilch
Institut für Geschichte der Medizin Universität Würzburg
"Thank you for taking the time to do check the client's feedback so that I can report back to them. That is very useful."
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Alexandra Vicente
Account Manager
"It's been a joy to work with you
and sorry for the less than ideal translation projects - nothing is too big of a challenge for you! :)"
Megan Trickett
Senior Project Solutions Manager at Comtec Translations Ltd.
"Mit der Übersetzungstätigkeit von Dr. Nichols bin ich hochzufrieden. Alle Aufträge werden zuverlässig und zeitgerecht erledigt. Auch editorielle Überarbeitungen von Power-Point-Präsentationen führt sie umsichtig und professionell aus."
Dr. Kurt Trübner
Facharzt für Rechtsmedizin
Universitätsklinikum Essen
"Ulrike is one of our long-standing, reliable linguists for medical translations from English to German."
Dr. Isabelle Moore
Company Director
Comtec Translations Ltd.
contact
M: +44 (0) 785 249 8936
If you require a quote, please send me your document and any further details of the order by email (preferred and faster method) or by filling out the contact form.
NOTE: Your data will not be shared with third parties unless you specifically request this. Neither will they be kept by me in my system unless we establish a business relationship within a month. If you write to me via this contact form and we have no further contact within about a month, your data will be deleted in my system.