A science education project: the translation into Catalan and publication of the book Your Amazing Immune System – How it Protects Your Body

Despite the importance of immunology and immune system function for understanding how the human body deals with infection, little has been done to educate the general public about these subjects. For this reason, in 2010 the Esteve Foundation collaborated with the Societat Catalana d’Immunologia (SCI, Catalan Immunology Society) and the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) in translating into Catalan and publishing the book Your Amazing Immune System-How it Protects Your Body.

The characteristics of this book were described in an earlier article; the present article focuses on the management of the translation, publication, and distribution of the book through the collaborative efforts of diverse institutions. The Catalan translation is the first to be published after the English version.