Nov 26, 2004 14:28
19 yrs ago
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German term
Geschwulstkeime
German to English
Other
Linguistics
vocabulary test
I'm translating a vocabulary test which I can see is going to throw up a lot of challenges. People have to pick the right words from a list to fill the gaps in a definition - in this case to make the sentence "Metastasen sind Tumore, die durch die Verschleppung von Geschwulstkeimen entstehen".
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | (in this context) cancer cells |
Gabrielle Lyons
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| 3 +1 | tumor seeds |
MMUlr
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Proposed translations
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17 mins
Gabrielle Lyons
Native in English
Works in field
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Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, German to English
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(in this context) cancer cells
There may be a more specific term but it is normal to speak of metastasis resulting from the spread of cancer cells.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to everyone, particularly for the confirmation that it isn't a usual word."
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15 mins
tumor seeds
see for example:
http://www.rsierra.com/Dissertation/Cars2003/cars.pdf
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Note added at 31 mins (2004-11-26 15:00:07 GMT)
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I wand to add - and underline Reuben\'s comment - that I followed the German word which is not a specific medical term at all. Of course, the tumor is spreading from single cells but here we have \"Geschwulstkeime\" and not \"Krebszellen\".
http://www.rsierra.com/Dissertation/Cars2003/cars.pdf
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Note added at 31 mins (2004-11-26 15:00:07 GMT)
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I wand to add - and underline Reuben\'s comment - that I followed the German word which is not a specific medical term at all. Of course, the tumor is spreading from single cells but here we have \"Geschwulstkeime\" and not \"Krebszellen\".
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