Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Hospis Palliative Care
Bengali translation:
হসপিস প্যালিয়েটিভ কেয়ার
English term
India
Native in: Bengali (Variants: Indian, Bangladeshi) 
, Hindi (Variant: Indian)
Works in: English to Bengali, Bengali to English, English to Hindi, and 2 more.
Hospice/Hospis Palliative Care
I find this term 'Hospice Palliative Care' pretty hard to translate.
The service is focused on providing relief from pain over attempts at curing a disease, and is usually provided at home or at a facility like a nursing homes, instead of a hospital.
[Hospis is a wide range of program that focus on the relief from any pain and other painful symptoms besides putting importance on ensuring the assistance to the patient and the family regarding their psychological, spiritual and practical needs.]
Can anyone suggest a decent meaningful equivalent for “Hospice/Hospis" and "Palliative"? Please also suggest a term equivalent to “hospice care”, “hospice palliative care” & “palliative care”, if possible.
I have even tried the term “Curing Service” as a shadow source but it seems an inaccurate translation and doesn't fit well. Also transliteration will not fit in here.
Some sentences that need to be translated with these terms:
"The awareness about the Palliative Care Service and conduct of the Hospis"
"Please mention if you are aware about the palliative pare service and conduct of the hospis"
| 5 +1 | Hospice/Hospis প্রশমনকারী সেবা |
Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
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| 4 | হসপিস and উপশম/প্রশমনকারী যত্ন/সেবা |
Apala Sengupta
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Proposed translations
Bangladesh
NAATI Accredited 21 yrs in Medical Trans
Native in: Bengali 
Works in: English to Bengali, Bengali to English, Bengali, and 1 more.
Hospice/Hospis প্রশমনকারী সেবা
palliative care could be translated as প্রশমনকারী সেবা (প্যালিয়েটিভ কেয়ার). Many people would not understand প্রশমনকারী সেবা as is, so it is better to add (প্যালিয়েটিভ কেয়ার) after this.
“Curing Service” is not acceptable because palliative care means trying to relieve pain and give some comfort without curing the disease because the disease is NOT curable.
When a professional translator like you says, "I find this term \'Hospice Palliative Care\' pretty hard to translate." then the question must be a PRO question, but you marked it as non-PRO. Please change it to a PRO question. Thank you.
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Note added at 23 hrs (2016-03-23 18:58:36 GMT)
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It seems that you can not change it by yourself.
Ref: http://www.proz.com/faq/23947#23947
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You should submit a support request (http://www.proz.com/support) to have this issue addressed by staff.
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Another way is to vote. If you can see the "Vote PRO" button, you can press it to vote. If 3 people votes, it would be changed to PRO.
| Hello Mr. Chowdhury, Thanks for your suggestions. Could you please tell me how to change the question to Pro? |
হসপিস and উপশম/প্রশমনকারী যত্ন/সেবা
palliative care- উপশম/প্রশমনকারী যত্ন/সেবা
hospice care - হসপিস সেবা/পরিষেবা
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