Oct 17, 2014 06:59
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Could someone look at this sentence please? And is circumscribe okay? I need to correct it for someone. IT's about ANATOMY AND REGIONAL KINEMATICS OF THE CRANIOCERVICAL REGION. Cheers :)
Il corpo, anteriormente, l’arco, posteriormente, i peduncoli, lateralmente, delimitano il foro vertebrale, i fori vertebrali allineati l’uno sopra l’altro circoscrivono il canale vertebrale,all’interno del quale è situato il midollo spinale.
The body located at the front, the arch on the back, the pedicles laterally, delimit the vertebral foramen.
The vertebral foramina, aligned one above the other, circumscribe the vertebral canal, in which the spinal cord is situated.
Il corpo, anteriormente, l’arco, posteriormente, i peduncoli, lateralmente, delimitano il foro vertebrale, i fori vertebrali allineati l’uno sopra l’altro circoscrivono il canale vertebrale,all’interno del quale è situato il midollo spinale.
The body located at the front, the arch on the back, the pedicles laterally, delimit the vertebral foramen.
The vertebral foramina, aligned one above the other, circumscribe the vertebral canal, in which the spinal cord is situated.
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yes, the original meaning is preserved, including "circumscribe"
Discussion
2. there should be an "and" between "on the back AND the pedicles laterally." Italian lists series of terms with just a comma separating all of them; in English you must put "and" before the last term in the sequence, even though the Italian doesn't do so, or your translation isn't idiomatic.
3. I would use "anteriorly" and "posteriorly" for the Italian words "anteriormente" and "posteriormente" ... these are normal, usual descriptors in anatomical texts (just one online example: "Each vertebra is composed of a body anteriorly and a neural arch posteriorly").
4. "aligned" sounds OK to me as the translation for "allineati" in this context ... maybe one of our medical colleagues or someone else knowledgeable about anatomy can confirm or correct my impression.
5. there's a lot just in these two sentences (I think it's correct to break the Italian up into two sentences)!