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*performance*

French translation: interprétation

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English term or phrase:*performance*
French translation:interprétation
Entered by: Diane de Cicco

15:02 Feb 1, 2006
English to French translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Genetics / epigenetics
English term or phrase: *performance*
The context is a brochure presenting epigenetics to the general public, and I'm sure unsure of how to understand/translate performance in the following sentence

“Science is now uncovering what plays our genetic score, and it appears this *performance* can change dramatically between generations without alteration to the DNA sequence. The field of epigenetics seeks to determine how genome function is affected by mechanisms that regulate the way genes are processed. Epigenetic factors include both spatial patterns, such as the arrangement of DNA around histone proteins (chromatin), and biochemical tagging.“

Originally I understood that the word "performance" should be taken as a metaphor (cf "plays our genetic score")but I'm not quite sure now.
Here's my translation or the whole paragraph.

« La science est aujourd’hui en train de lever le voile sur ce qui ‘‘joue’’ notre ‘‘partition’’ génétique, et il semble que la représentation donnée puisse changer considérablement d’une génération sur l’autre, sans que la séquence d’ADN ne subisse de modification. Le domaine de l’épigénétique cherche à déterminer comment la fonction génomique est affectée par des mécanismes qui régulent le mode de transformation des gènes. Parmi les facteurs génétiques en jeu, on trouve aussi bien des schémas spatiaux, comme l’agencement de l’ADN autour des protéines histones (la chromatine), que l’étiquetage génétique. »

Your help and feedback (even negative) would be very much appreciated.
laure claesen
France
Local time: 20:24
"représentation"
Explanation:
Je suis d'accord avec cette interprétation mais je metterais "représentation" entre guillemets aussi.
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Diane de Cicco
France
Local time: 20:24
Grading comment
Encore un très grand merci, Diane.
Excellentes explications
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4"représentation"
Diane de Cicco
2 +1mise en scène
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"représentation"


Explanation:
Je suis d'accord avec cette interprétation mais je metterais "représentation" entre guillemets aussi.

Diane de Cicco
France
Local time: 20:24
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PRO pts in category: 23
Grading comment
Encore un très grand merci, Diane.
Excellentes explications
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mise en scène


Explanation:
une petite idée.....

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 20:24
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Clair Pickworth: something in this vein would seem appropriate
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