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la dose fait l’effet

English translation: the dose makes the poison

21:36 Feb 14, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / toxicology
French term or phrase: la dose fait l’effet
" Apparaît en effet rapidement l’insuffisance et l’inadaptation aux nanosubstances des méthodologies de la toxicologie et l’écotoxicologie. Le principe traditionnel fondé sur l’idée que « la dose fait l’effet », n’est pas valide à l’échelle nanométrique. "

From a social science paper on nanotechnology. Does anyone know if English uses an equivalent phrase to « la dose fait l’effet » or shall I translate it straight as something such as 'the dose makes the effect'?
Delaina
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:05
English translation:the dose makes the poison
Explanation:
la véritable expression est "c'est la dose qui fait le poison" et on trouve beaucoup d'occurrences de la traduction littérale.

https://books.google.fr/books/about/The_Dose_Makes_the_Poiso...

https://www.chemicalsafetyfacts.org/dose-makes-poison-galler...
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david henrion
France
Local time: 21:05
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4 +6the dose makes the poison
david henrion
4the idea that: even a small dosage change can create a very different result
Eric Verdonck


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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
the dose makes the poison


Explanation:
la véritable expression est "c'est la dose qui fait le poison" et on trouve beaucoup d'occurrences de la traduction littérale.

https://books.google.fr/books/about/The_Dose_Makes_the_Poiso...

https://www.chemicalsafetyfacts.org/dose-makes-poison-galler...

david henrion
France
Local time: 21:05
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anton Konashenok
3 hrs
agree  Charles Davis: From Paracelsus (Dritte defensio), who actually said that only dose makes something not a poison: "Alle Dinge sind Gift, und nichts ist ohne Gift; allein die dosis machts, daß ein Ding kein Gift sei."
8 hrs
neutral  Daryo: OK, there is a similar expression, but it does not make it "the real one" automatically // same principle applies ALSO to positive effects, don't see the need to narrow it down to only "poisons"
10 hrs
agree  writeaway
12 hrs
agree  B D Finch: I think Daryo misses the point, which is that substances that may be neutral or beneficial become toxic at a certain dosage threshold.
13 hrs
agree  Eliza Hall
19 hrs
agree  Michele Fauble
20 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the idea that: even a small dosage change can create a very different result


Explanation:
Could it mean that the traditional principle is based on this idea, but that it does not apply to the mentioned nanotechnology-level?

Eric Verdonck
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Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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