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niveau de controle

English translation: control level

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French term or phrase:niveau de controle
English translation:control level
Entered by: B D Finch

10:57 May 8, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - International Org/Dev/Coop / Aid projects
French term or phrase: niveau de controle
Same report as before..... innovations to farming practice

Les innovations peuvent avoir une origine
- scientifique avec des insertions dans les réalités culturelles, sociales et économiques des producteurs suite à des expérimentations à échelles et *niveaux de contrôle* variés ;

the sense is clear but I am not sure what the best translation is ....these trials are "on different scales and with varying levels of control/evaluation/verification ".... or what

Thanks in advance
Lorraine Buckley (X)
Italy
Local time: 02:07
control level
Explanation:
The control is a sample not subjected to the experimental variable. It is the variation from the control that indicates whether or not the experimental variable has an effect. This is not managerial "monitoring and control".

"Total mercury level in hens given 20 mg Hg/kg body weight in capsules rose sharply in kidney, liver, and ovarian follicle samples. Soon after administration, these levels decreased rapidly, approaching control levels 2 weeks after administration. Compared to control birds, hens treated with 20 mg Hg/kg body weight in capsules showed significant decreases in egg hatchability, eggshell thickness, chick weight, ..."
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3800609

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Note added at 12 hrs (2011-05-08 23:22:50 GMT)
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A field trial was run to compare the index method of control with irrigation .... Under index tensiometer control, there were 2 different control levels of potential. ..... S.A. Taylor, Managing irrigation water on the farm, Am. Soc. ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0378377490900657
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 02:07
Grading comment
thanks for your help and exhaustive explanations
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3level of monitoring and control
TechLawDC
4 +1control level
B D Finch


Discussion entries: 5





  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
level of monitoring and control


Explanation:
different levels of monitoring and control.

TechLawDC
United States
Local time: 20:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks for your contribution, which I am sure would also have been ok. In the end I went with the other proposal because it fitted better with the text which followed. But thanks a lot


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chaplin
33 mins
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: The original makes it difficult to attribute a particular meaning to the temr in context. THis works for covering a range of meanings and reads perfectly well.
7 hrs
agree  Liliane Hatem
9 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
control level


Explanation:
The control is a sample not subjected to the experimental variable. It is the variation from the control that indicates whether or not the experimental variable has an effect. This is not managerial "monitoring and control".

"Total mercury level in hens given 20 mg Hg/kg body weight in capsules rose sharply in kidney, liver, and ovarian follicle samples. Soon after administration, these levels decreased rapidly, approaching control levels 2 weeks after administration. Compared to control birds, hens treated with 20 mg Hg/kg body weight in capsules showed significant decreases in egg hatchability, eggshell thickness, chick weight, ..."
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3800609

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Note added at 12 hrs (2011-05-08 23:22:50 GMT)
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A field trial was run to compare the index method of control with irrigation .... Under index tensiometer control, there were 2 different control levels of potential. ..... S.A. Taylor, Managing irrigation water on the farm, Am. Soc. ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0378377490900657

B D Finch
France
Local time: 02:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
thanks for your help and exhaustive explanations

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
25 mins
  -> Thanks Alistair
neutral  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: The explanation relates to statistical terminology from experimental design : control, sample, variable, experimental variable...// Your example describes control subjects as opposed to test subjects in an experiment, scientific but does not fit here.
5 hrs
  -> This is not just statistical. I think you are wrong, it is a statement about use of various control levels. These are levels in the control population. Perhaps you are confusing this with confidence levels.
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