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enfoncement en millimètre

15:11 Oct 22, 2018
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French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments / orthopedics
French term or phrase: enfoncement en millimètre
Context:
radiographies de face et de profil au cours du suivi à l’aide des angulations d’inclinaison et de l’enfoncement en millimètre
Valerie Scaletta
Italy
Local time: 17:49


Summary of answers provided
4 +3depth in millimeters
Drmanu49
3penetration in millimetres
SafeTex
3 -1indepth in millimeters
Lorraine Dubuc


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
depth in millimeters


Explanation:
IMO

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 17:49
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 326

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch
2 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Lorraine Dubuc
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  FoundInTrans: every time
13 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
indepth in millimeters


Explanation:
The indepth of the tap should correspond to the
angulation confirmed during the previous step.

Example sentence(s):
  • The indepth of the tap should correspond to the angulation confirmed during the previous step.
  • See page 10 of 18 of link provided. In French, this would be a 'taraud' used to measure the indepth of the future screw in place.

    Reference: http://fischermedical.dk/wp-content/uploads/Icos2.pdf
Lorraine Dubuc
Canada
Local time: 11:49
Does not meet criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  B D Finch: "Indepth" isn't English. Your source is a bad translation and this is how bad translation gets perpetuated.//Even well-known companies get bad translations, as can be seen from some of the awful TMs I've been sent by agencies.
1 hr
  -> I found it funny too but since it is a reknown medical company, I thought I was wrong to think that depth in millimeters was ok.
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
penetration in millimetres


Explanation:
Hello

I think there are two good reasons for using "penetration".

It is used for x-rays (calculating power of x-ray to give desired results) and it is also used for orthopedic conditions (penetration of a disease in muscle for instance)

So I just don't see why "enfoncement" should be "depth" when we have an equivalent in English (penetration).


    https://www.slideshare.net/drijazwazir/basics-of-orthopedic-radiology
    https://abos.org/media/7673/fluoroscopy_module_june_2013-1.pdf
SafeTex
France
Local time: 17:49
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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