# Evaluating Spanish Translations of Emergency Department Discharge Instructions by a Large Language Model: Tool Validation and Reliability Study

## TL;DR

This study validates that a large language model can accurately translate emergency discharge instructions into Spanish, as judged by medical professionals.

## Contribution

The study validates the reliability of a large language model for translating medical discharge instructions into Spanish.

## Key findings

- Claude Sonnet produced accurate Spanish translations of emergency discharge instructions.
- Spanish-speaking physicians and medical interpreters validated the translations' accuracy.

## Abstract

When given a sample of 100 emergency department discharge instructions, Claude Sonnet, a large language model, produced accurate Spanish translations as evaluated by Spanish-speaking physicians and medical interpreters.