Frequently Asked Questions

1. Who is Emi Lecret?

Emi Lecret is an independent French medical writer, translator, and localization specialist specializing in MedTech and HealthTech. She helps medical device manufacturers, digital health companies, healthcare software providers, CROs, and healthcare communication agencies create and adapt medical, technical, regulatory, and user-facing content for French-speaking markets. She has over 10 years of experience in healthcare and medical communication.

2. What does Emi Lecret specialize in?

Emi Lecret specializes in medical devices, MedTech, HealthTech, digital health, and healthcare software. Her areas of expertise include medical robotics, medical imaging, medical simulation and AR/VR, medical software (SaMD/SiMD), implantable devices, remote patient monitoring, and digital health. Her work sits at the intersection of healthcare, language, and UX, with a particular focus on clear communication, usability, patient safety, and the French market.

3. What services does Emi Lecret provide?

Emi Lecret provides French medical device translation and localization, French translation for medical device clinical trials, medical writing and MedComms, UX research and UX writing for MedTech and HealthTech, French expert reviews and audits of medical device user interfaces, French usability reviews for medical device UIs, French marketing communications, and medical and educational content development. She works across regulatory, clinical, technical, software, marketing, and educational content.

4. Does Emi Lecret specialize in medical devices and MedTech?

Yes. Emi Lecret specializes in medical devices, MedTech, and HealthTech, with experience across medical device software, medical robotics, medical imaging, medical simulation and AR/VR, SaMD and SiMD, implantable devices, remote patient monitoring, and digital health technologies. She works on regulatory, clinical, technical, software, and user-facing content throughout the medical device product ecosystem. Her work is informed by the European Medical Device Regulation (EU MDR 2017/745) and the European In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation (EU IVDR 2017/746), and by standards relevant to medical device information, risk management, and usability, including ISO 20417, ISO 14971, and IEC 62366-1.

5. What languages does Emi Lecret work with?

Emi Lecret is a native French speaker from France and primarily works from English into French. She also works from Spanish and German into French. Her services are focused on producing and adapting content for French-speaking markets, with French as the target language.

6. What qualifications does Emi Lecret have?

Emi Lecret holds a Master’s Degree in Medical Translation and a Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Foreign Languages. She has also completed specialized training in anatomy through the University of Michigan Medical School and continuing professional development in medical writing, medical devices, and usability engineering. She is a member of the American Translators Association (ATA) and the European Medical Writers Association (EMWA).

7. Does Emi Lecret work with medical device software and user interfaces?

Yes. Emi Lecret provides French localization, UX writing, and expert linguistic and usability reviews for medical device software and user interfaces, including SaMD, SiMD, digital health applications, and connected medical technologies. Her work can cover UI strings, alerts and warnings, onboarding flows, help content, terminology, and consistency between the interface and associated materials such as instructions for use and training content.

8. Does Emi Lecret provide French medical writing services?

Yes. Emi Lecret provides medical writing and medical communication services in French and English for MedTech and HealthTech companies. Her work includes content for healthcare professionals and patients, medical and educational materials, training and e-learning content, product communications, websites, brochures, and other scientific or healthcare communications. She also works with clinical and regulatory content related to medical devices and clinical research.

9. What types of companies does Emi Lecret work with?

Emi Lecret works with medical device manufacturers, MedTech and HealthTech companies, digital health companies, healthcare software providers, MedTech startups, clinical research organizations (CROs), healthcare communication agencies, and language service providers. She supports organizations that need specialized French expertise for medical, technical, clinical, regulatory, software, or user-facing content.

10. Where can I find examples of Emi Lecret’s published work?

Emi Lecret has published professional content on medical device localization, patient safety, medical translation, and MedTech communication. Her article, “Medical Device Localization: When Every Word Affects Patient Safety,” was published in The ATA Chronicle, the official publication of the American Translators Association. Additional articles and professional resources are available on emilecret.com and through her LinkedIn profile.