Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Thai term or phrase:
หัวหน้าโครงการวิจัย (หลัก)
English translation:
Chief Investigator
Added to glossary by
Dylan J Hartmann
Jun 13, 2018 01:56
6 yrs ago
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Thai term
Australia
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Native in: English (Variants: UK, US, Australian)
Works in: Thai to English, English
หัวหน้าโครงการวิจัย (หลัก)
Thai to English
Medical
Medical: Pharmaceuticals
Taken from a clinical trial translation, ethics committee letter:
ด้วยข้าพเจ้ารองศาสตราจารย์นายแพทย์ xxxx หน่วย xxxx ภาควิชา xxxx คณะ xxxx หาวิทยาลัย xxxxx หัวหน้าโครงการวิจัย (หลัก) มีความประสงค์จะดำเนินการวิจัยเรื่อง
Your kind confirmation would be appreciated.
ด้วยข้าพเจ้ารองศาสตราจารย์นายแพทย์ xxxx หน่วย xxxx ภาควิชา xxxx คณะ xxxx หาวิทยาลัย xxxxx หัวหน้าโครงการวิจัย (หลัก) มีความประสงค์จะดำเนินการวิจัยเรื่อง
Your kind confirmation would be appreciated.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | Principal Investigator |
Sukhuma Moonmake-Sheehan
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| 3 | Senior Research Project Manager |
Daniel Loss
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Proposed translations
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Sukhuma Moonmake-Sheehan
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Thai
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Concise, Comprehensive & Comprehensible
Native in: Thai (Variant: Isan) 
Works in: English to Thai, Thai to English, German to Thai
Related KudoZ points
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32
Selected
Principal Investigator
I think the literal translation of this can be Head of Research Project, which is Head of Research. But I think Principal Investigator is more commonly used in clinical trial/medical research.
Hope this helps.
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Note added at 8 hrs (2018-06-13 09:57:55 GMT)
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What about using "Lead" or "Main" for หลัก? and What about Chief Investigator (CI)? I think he/she is big boss of PI.
Hope this helps.
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Note added at 8 hrs (2018-06-13 09:57:55 GMT)
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What about using "Lead" or "Main" for หลัก? and What about Chief Investigator (CI)? I think he/she is big boss of PI.
Note from asker:
| Thanks Sukhuma, this answer is obviously correct for หัวหน้าโครงการวิจัย, because Head of Research Project is not used in clinical trials (unless literally translated). The (หลัก) is what this KudoZ is trying to determine because it’s not very often used. Your answer has overlooked this, but do you think this should be disregarded? The study is being held at several sites in Thailand with several PIs. Only one PI had (หลัก) after หัวหน้าโครงการวิจัย. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Patrick Fitzsimons
: I agree with Sukhuma on Chief Investigator, which in the UK is defined as the person with overall responsibility for a trial, often but not always a PI. https://www.hra.nhs.uk/documents/311/mhra-hra-position-can-a...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Great work, thanks"
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Daniel Loss
Thailand
Thailand
Native in English
Thailand
Helping those at a "Loss for words."
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Thai to English
Related KudoZ points
:
8
Senior Research Project Manager
There are some differing English translations in university documents. Research Project Leader has more hits on Google n-gram than a manager. but I'm going to put forward Senior Research Project Manager, as an option. Using COCA (a corpus) I found the article linked in my references which uses this term.
Note from asker:
| Thanks for your input but this is regarding clinical trials, as mentioned in the question. |
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