Despite several calls to support evidence-informed policy-making, variations in uptake of evidence into policy persist. This editorial brings together and builds on previous Knowledge Translation (KT) frameworks and theories to present a simple, yet, holistic approach for promoting evidence-informed policies. The proposed conceptual framework is characterized by its impact-oriented approach and...

Effective knowledge translation is viewed as essential for closing the research-to-practice gap in health research and clinical care (Balas & Boren, 2002; Morris et al., 2011) and ensuring a more efficient and effective use of research innovations in practice and policy. Knowledge translation is a global consideration (Tetroe et al., 2008). Health research funders in Canada, as elsewhere, have ...

This paper describes the design of tile knowledge representation medium used for representing concepts and assertions, respectively, in a subworld chosen for a knowledge-based machine u'anslation system. This design is used in the TRANSLATOR machine translation project. The kuowledge representation language, or interlingua, has two components, DIL and TIL. DIL stands for 'dictionary of interlin...

We discuss the "know-do gap," present a definition of knowledge translation, and discuss its relative importance in bridging the know-do gap. Some of the underlying causes of the know-do gap are listed, along with ongoing efforts to address them. Knowledge translation is considered a cross-cutting, nonlinear process that involves not only recent research findings but also knowledge that is crea...

The SYSTRAN system (produced by Latsec Incorporated) has been applied in the fo l lowing areas: I ) Pr ivate companies in Canada use i t fo r t rans la t ing engineering documents from English in to French. 2) NASA used i t to communicate with the crews of the Apol lo and Soyuz spaceships, t rans la t ing between Russian and English. 3) The EEC uses i t f o r examining the f e a s i b i l i t y...

  Background :Although knowledge translation is one of the most widely used concepts in health and medical literature, there is a sense of ambiguity and confusion over its definition. The aim of this paper is to clarify the characteristics of KT. This will assist the theoretical development of it and shape its implementation into the health care system   Methods : Walker and Avant’s framework w...

Translation of a literary text is a difficult task, for understanding literature requires knowledge of various linguistic levels of a literary text in addition to strategies and methods of translation. To this should still be added cognitive-based translation training which helps practitioners preserve the aesthetic aspects of a literary text. Focusing on short story as a genre with both ...

BACKGROUND One of the most consistent findings from clinical and health services research is the failure to translate research into practice and policy. As a result of these evidence-practice and policy gaps, patients fail to benefit optimally from advances in healthcare and are exposed to unnecessary risks of iatrogenic harms, and healthcare systems are exposed to unnecessary expenditure resul...

The goals of the PANGLOSS project are to investigate and develop a new-generation knowledge-based interlin-gual machine translation system, combining symbolic and statistical techniques. The system is to translate newspaper texts in arbitrary domains (though a specific financial domain is given preference) to as high quality as possible using as little human intervention as possible. The projec...