French term
Komzan brezhoneg.
Native in: Norwegian 
Works in: English to Norwegian, French to Norwegian, German to Norwegian, and 17 more.
fois plus
I was given an English translation of a medical document to translate into Norwegian. This is something that happens because they think translations from English are cheaper, I guess. Of course I asked for an original as soon as I realised it was a translation, which was pretty soon. And one thing that struck me in particular was that the above phrase was translated as "4-5 ml for the first injection and three times more for the second injection". To me this sounds like it could most easily signify 16-20 ml, and not 12-15 ml for the 2nd injection as the French original clearly states. But I am not a native speaker of English, so I would like to hear from someone who is. Is the 12-15 ml the only possible interpretation, or is 16-20 possible? I am foreseeing a lot of Englishmen getting overdoses because of this. But I could be wrong, of course.
| 4 +9 | 12 - 15 |
Bourth (X)
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| 5 | le triple |
Alazne Andia
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| 5 | three times the dose |
saraja
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| 5 | three times more |
madalina_ro
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Non-PRO (1): Sandra Petch
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Proposed translations
12 - 15
12 est trois fois plus que 4.
| So, you all agree that "three times more" is 100% unambiguous? I would have expected "three times as much" to be more precise, but if you say so... |
Spain
Una sola palabra puede cambiar todo
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to French, Catalan to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 4 more.
le triple
three times the dose
Romania
Native in: Romanian 
Works in: English to Romanian, Romanian to English, French to English
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