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IELTS Reading: Using Online Translations for Medical Purposes

May 22, 2015 by Liz 76 Comments

This exercise is based on matching paragraph information for IELTS reading. This reading exercise is not difficult and could
be classed as medium in level. It’s a useful practice lesson.

Skim read the article and then look through the statements below. Take time to think about the information in the statements
and consider possible paraphrases for vocabulary before you attempt to locate information.

Using Web Based Translations in Medical Communication

A) A complex medical and treatment discussion with patients whose knowledge of the local language is inadequate remains
challenging. After treating a child whose parents did not speak English, we resorted to the use of a web based translation tool.
We were unsure as to whether Google Translate was accurately translating our complex medical phrases. We aimed to
evaluate the accuracy and usefulness of Google Translate in translating common English medical statements.

B) Ten commonly used medical statements were chosen by author consensus. These were translated via Google Translate
to 26 languages. Translations only were sent to native speakers of each language and translated back into English by them.
The returning English phrases were compared with the originals and assessed for meaning. Minor grammatical errors were
accepted but not if the meaning was altered.

C) The results showed that of the ten medical phrases translated by Google translate and then translated back into English,
57.7% were correct and 42.3% were wrong. Out of the 26 languages used, Africa languages scored the lowest, followed by
Asian languages. Western European languages were the most accurate. However, there were some serious errors
discovered. For instance, “Your child is fitting” translated in Swahili to “Your child is dead”. In Polish “your husband has the
opportunity to donate his organs” translated to “your husband can donate his tools”. In Mathi “your husband has had a cardiac
arrest” translated to “your husband had an imprisoned heart”.

D) The conclusion drawn is that in today’s world “just google it” is considered to be the answer to everything, but for health
related questions this should be treated with caution. Google Translate should not be used for taking consent for surgery,
procedures, or research from patients or relatives unless all other avenues to find human translators have been exhausted
and the procedure is clinically urgent.

Questions 1-7

In which paragraph (A-D) is the following information found. Letters may be used more than once.

1. When calculating the results, slight mistakes in language, possibly related to syntax or structure of language, were
admitted.
 2. It is believed that most information and help can be found on google.
3. The aim was to test whether Google Translate could be used reliably for medical communication.
4. Significant mistakes were found in the translations which were web based.
5. The research was conducted after a situation in which a patient’s relatives did not speak English.
6. The translate function is not admissible to get people’s permission for operations.
7. Accuracy in meaning was essential.

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Lovely says
June 24, 2019 at 3:09 pm

Am so grateful Lizzy. I got 7/7. May the Almighty God bless more.

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simran says
May 31, 2019 at 8:51 am

got 2/7

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Bala says
May 26, 2019 at 2:12 am

Hi Liz,
Thank you so much for this practice test. I got 7/7.

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Abhijith says
May 9, 2019 at 5:07 am

Dear Liz,

Need some clarifications for the 5th Answer. It is mentioned in the question that the patients relatives cant speak english but it was actually
the patients parents who cant speak the language. Is that a trap right?

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Liz says
May 9, 2019 at 10:52 am

Parents are relatives. Your relatives are your family members and that includes parents and siblings.

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Joselyne says
March 22, 2019 at 6:38 pm

I got 6/7
thank you it is very helpfull

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Muhammad Talha says

March 22, 2019 at 3:54 pm

I got 7/7. Thank you so much for your prestigious guidance.

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Tiwa says
November 9, 2018 at 11:24 am

Hi Liz, I had 5/7, but I learnt how to pick answers from passages faster

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Caroline says
October 2, 2018 at 10:21 am

Thanks a lot your teaching is helping me a lot. l got 7/7

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Liz says
October 2, 2018 at 2:39 pm

Well done It’s a good score

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jayson says
August 25, 2018 at 11:01 am

got 5/7 thank you liz

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Ihyy says
August 16, 2018 at 9:45 am

Hi Liz,
I believe I am quite good at paraphrasing, but this is my most challenging part of IELTS and I usually fail most or all. Do you have any tips
to improve my skills, please? I am very worried.

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Liz says
August 16, 2018 at 10:05 am

See all lessons on this page: https://ieltsliz.com/ielts-reading-lessons-information-and-tips/. Make a list of all paraphrases
used as well as keywords.

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Alexander says
May 14, 2018 at 7:29 am

i got 4/7

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Wale says
March 25, 2018 at 9:52 am

I got 6/7

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Adel says
March 10, 2018 at 2:41 pm

6/7

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Bolade Balogun says

December 25, 2017 at 2:43 am

l got 6/7. thanks

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Jaspreet says
December 6, 2017 at 5:29 pm

I got 6/7. Thanks liz

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M.Nikitha reddy says

October 30, 2017 at 11:26 am

hey liz i gt only 4 r crct it is sme wt difficult passage little bit confusion to me.

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Sherna says
October 19, 2017 at 11:35 am

Liz, I’ve got 7/7! Thank you for the mini tests. It surely helps a lot.

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Baint singh says

July 30, 2017 at 11:38 am

Hi
i have scored 7/7 within 8 minutes..

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Hypatia says
July 15, 2017 at 11:37 am

I got 6/7

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Rajath Anand says

April 21, 2017 at 6:14 am

Can we start a sentence with “It is” or “There are” ?

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Liz says
April 21, 2017 at 7:06 pm

Yes, if you want.

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MOHAMED almahroug says

March 15, 2017 at 1:08 am

I got 6/7 in my first experience with you liz…

thanks for all this effort

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Liz says
March 15, 2017 at 10:37 am

Well done! See more reading practice lessons: https://ieltsliz.com/ielts-reading-lessons-information-and-tips/

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Abeer Fawzi says

March 10, 2017 at 1:18 pm

Hi Liz, i got 7/7, thanks for your efforts

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Liz says
March 10, 2017 at 6:04 pm

Well done

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Atiqa Azam says
December 19, 2016 at 1:34 pm

Hey Liz can I use yellow highlighter for my exam on question papers ?

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Liz says
December 19, 2016 at 8:12 pm

You can’t use highlighter pens in your test. Please see this page for more information: https://ieltsliz.com/ielts-help-faq/

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Ivan Miguel says

August 16, 2016 at 2:51 am

Hi Liz,

I was wondering if you could explain me the phrase “There were some serious errors discovered trial.”, specially the grammar composition.
Is there an implicit “that”?

Regards,
Ivan

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Liz says
August 16, 2016 at 4:00 pm

Thanks for spotting this. It’s a typo. All fixed now

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Yusuf says
July 9, 2016 at 8:20 am

It seems to me that number 2 completely contradicts number 6, actually number 6 only represents the idea of paragraph D

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Liz says
July 9, 2016 at 11:03 am

These questions are not asking you to decide which statement represents the idea of the paragraph. This is not matching
headings. You are only asked to locate information – nothing more. You need to look for the information and say where it is found.

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mana chhantyal says

July 6, 2016 at 5:36 am

1.B 2.D 3.A 4.c 5.A 6.D 7.c

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Nita kalpesh pipalva says

May 7, 2016 at 1:26 pm

I am not good in reading ,even every time i do hard practice in reading section then to i can’t get good score in general reading .i
request to you ,give me some more guideline ,so with your help i can get good score in reading
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Liz says
May 7, 2016 at 4:07 pm

https://ieltsliz.com/ielts-reading-tips-how-can-i-improve-my-score/

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Sagilia says
February 10, 2016 at 1:42 pm

Dear Liz !!
Why number 7 is B?
Can you show me why number 7 is B ?

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Liz says
February 10, 2016 at 8:45 pm

https://ieltsliz.com/liz-notice-2015-2016/

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Aamy says
December 19, 2017 at 2:36 pm

7 is B as the question says ” accuracy In meaning is essential ” so if you go through passage B , the lsat line
Minor grammatical errors were accepted but not if the meaning is altered. These both sentences carry the same meaning.

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Ahmad Zia Atal says

January 24, 2016 at 6:45 am

thanks , I got 6/7

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Ajay says
January 17, 2016 at 9:32 am

Really nice job Liz !!! Thank you so much…

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Archana says
December 30, 2015 at 4:36 pm

I m too poor in readin but in this passage I got 7/7 and it is making me feel good.

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Archana says
December 30, 2015 at 4:35 pm

got 7/7

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Gwen says
November 1, 2015 at 2:32 pm

hi Liz,
i want to learn all time outside. how can i copy and print all lesson

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Liz says
November 1, 2015 at 5:36 pm

MY blog is copyright protected at present and all your studying will need to be done online.
All the best
Liz

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Xue Zhang says

September 25, 2015 at 10:05 pm

Hi Liz,

I chose D for Q7. But when I see the answer, I realized that I misunderstood the question: I thought it was asking if “accuracy is essential”
in terms of medical statements. But by paragraph B showed that “accuracy is essential” specifically for this study. Am I right?

Thank you,

Xue

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Liz says
September 26, 2015 at 10:04 am

You need to note that it is about “accuracy in meaning”. So you need to find something that is about both meaning and
precision. It can be found in B “Minor grammatical errors were accepted but not if the meaning was altered.”
Liz

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waseem Francis says

May 9, 2017 at 7:28 am

thank you liz God bless you

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Botir Makhmudov says

September 14, 2015 at 3:00 pm

Hello Liz. I have had a recent examination in IELTS and did really good job in all sections except reading. I ran out of time due
to tying to read each passage and understand the meaning of them. With regards to you experience and accomplishments, i would
challenge your technique of finding answers by skimming the passage. Even in this easy exercise of matching the information from
paragraphs unless i read and understand each paragraph, i can not respond correctly but if i read each paragraph to comprehend and then
find answers then i run out of time. Help me to solve this dilemma. How can i find the answers without reading thoroughly the passage? My
strategy is to read each paragraph and then read questions and decide to which passage they belong to or from where the information is
coming but this method takes much of my time. Thank you in advance for your answer.

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Liz says
September 14, 2015 at 4:12 pm

Skimming is what you do before you read the questions. You skim read the full passage in about 2 mins to get the general
 idea of the content, not for understanding it. Then you read the questions and analyse them. You spend time thinking of the meaning in
the question and paraphrasing. Then you SCAN the passage to locate the answer. Don’t confuse skimming and scanning.
Liz

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Botir Makhmudov says

September 16, 2015 at 5:54 pm

So first i skim the passage and locate where my answers, then i read thoroughly that particular area in order to find an
answer? Am i right?

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Liz says
September 17, 2015 at 10:19 am

Skim reading is not scanning. Please read my lesson about how to improve your reading skills.
Liz

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Jiun says
January 1, 2016 at 5:36 am

Hi Liz,

Could you help to explain question 6 of the answer is matching paragraph to D?

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Liz says
January 7, 2016 at 6:01 pm

https://ieltsliz.com/liz-notice-2015-2016/

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jumana says
September 11, 2015 at 1:07 pm

i got 5/7
thank you , its a useful website

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Fola says
August 30, 2015 at 7:14 pm

Hi liz,
Thanks for this blog. i scored 6 out of 7

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meg says
August 26, 2015 at 8:20 pm

Hi Liz. Can you explain why answer to Q1 is B and not C? Thanks. Got 6/7. Thanks Liz.

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 Liz says
August 27, 2015 at 11:06 am

This is the key “Minor grammatical errors were accepted but not if the meaning was altered.”
Liz

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Nick says
August 19, 2015 at 3:17 pm

Hi Liz,

Why is the answer 7 is not A as the paragraph is talking about accuracy?

Thank you, Liz.

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Liz says
August 19, 2015 at 5:12 pm

Because A mentioned the word accuracy but not about the meaning being essential. Paragraph B contains this sentence
“Minor grammatical errors were accepted but not if the meaning was altered.” which means the meaning is essential. Don’t try to match
words, match meaning. And look out for traps using the same words but without the full meaning.
All the best
Liz

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Nick says
August 20, 2015 at 1:15 pm

Thank you indeed, Liz. I got trapped most of the time. Just like mantrap in reality.

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Flynn says
September 15, 2015 at 5:46 pm

Got it!

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Jenna says
October 7, 2015 at 5:14 am

Thanks~Liz~ I was also confused about the answer of Q7 . Finally, I got it~~

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Liz says
October 7, 2015 at 12:25 pm

Well done!. It was a difficult one. Remember that in your test, if you find a very difficult answer, don’t spend to long on it.
Each question is only worth 1 point so plan how much time you are willing to give for each point.
All the best
Liz

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Phu says
August 17, 2015 at 1:59 pm

Hi Liz, I’m from Vietnam.

I want to give many thanks to you for making this useful blog.
I’m studying IELTS myself and this helps me a lot, and i’m also praticing these IELTS lessons
But i’m wondering that compare to some tests in Cambridge IELTS, i found it’s more difficult than your lessons. Is it necessary to practice
or just I take your tips and start doing tests in Cambridge IELTS books. Thank you

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Liz says
August 17, 2015 at 2:03 pm

You need to do both tests and practice. Sometimes you can use a practice test for practice only and sometimes you can do it
under exam conditions. The lessons on my blog are sometimes easier so that you can develop technique and sometimes the same level
as IELTS.
All the best
Liz

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Anitha says
August 13, 2015 at 12:52 pm

Hi Liz,

I have one question, it may sound stupid. But please help me in understanding the same.

In Question num : 5 “The research was conducted after a situation in which patients and relatives didnot speak english”

For this we say paragraph A is correct one.

But in paragraph A its mentioned as “childs whose parents didnt speak english” . So i got bit confused.

In paragraph it says about parents but in question it refers to relatives.

Thank you
Anitha.S.R

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Liz says
August 13, 2015 at 3:08 pm

I agree it is unclear. I’ve altered the question “a patient’s relatives did not speak English”. The word “relative” includes
parents.
All the best
Liz

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Sharnjeet Singh Jaura says

August 8, 2015 at 6:42 pm

Hello Liz,
I have all of my questions write (7/7). I just faced very minor problems finding the answers, but I want to ask you something. That I think I
had spend almost 6-9 minutes in finding the answers. Do you think that it is right time consumed in finding those answers?, and also as you
stated that this passage was of medium difficulty level, so do you have any other more difficult passages to practice on?
I would be really thankful to you. Please also check my writing if you found any mistakes in my writing so please tell me about that.
Thank you very much for all of the useful lessons you have given.
Regards,
Sharnjeet.
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Liz says
August 9, 2015 at 10:45 am

You must judge for yourself your speed by doing a full reading practice test from the BC website. All my reading practice
exercises are found in the main reading section of this blog. Sorry, I don’t correct writing.
All the best
Liz

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Sharnjeet Singh Jaura says

August 9, 2015 at 1:12 pm

Ohh, there is no problem if you do not correct writing . I am very thankful to you for your help that you have provided me
with. Thank you Liz.

Regards,
Sharnjeet.

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Joy Torres says

July 24, 2015 at 1:58 pm

Hi Liz! Just a quick question about reading. Is reading and general has the same computation of total score from the raw score
like for example i got 25 out of 40 in reading is it the same computation? I have seen in some websites that both has different table
computation. Academic gives more score than general or they have same computation? Please waiting for your answer. Thanks!

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Liz says
July 24, 2015 at 2:38 pm

The GT and academic reading test have different number of points needed for each band score. Here’s the list of all band
scores: https://ieltsliz.com/ielts-band-scores/
All the best
Liz

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Liza says
May 22, 2015 at 5:12 pm

Hello Liz, plz I have a request can you explain what you written —(–that paraphrase the the vacobulary of the statement before
atttempt to locate the information )
So kind of you if you can explain the question that how could this paraphrasing can be done .

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Liz says
June 15, 2015 at 11:00 am

Paraphrasing means to think of different words to give the same information. If you spend time thinking how the question can
be re-written using different words, it will help you locate the answer and understand the answer quicker. Please see all my reading
lessons to learn more about this: https://ieltsliz.com/ielts-reading-lessons-information-and-tips/
Liz

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