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conclusión

English translation: conclusion

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Spanish term or phrase:conclusión
English translation:conclusion
Entered by: sebaspedlp

15:27 Jul 4, 2016
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals / trabajo para facultad
Spanish term or phrase: conclusión
We were given a paper about polycystic ovary syndrome and we have to translate it. I have never come across a translation like this, it's for a subject about scientific translation. I have to translate only the abstract, título and the conclusión, my question I know is very obvious maybe but I want to be sure....
the "conclusión" is the results or the discussion part?

It says:
Results.....

Discussion...

Thanks so much for your help, and your time!

Sebastián
sebaspedlp
Argentina
Local time: 11:02
conclusion
Explanation:
I translate articles regularly for a Spanish medical journal, and the "conclusión" is neither the results nor the discussion, which are commonly called resultados and discusión in Spanish articles; it comes after both. Not all articles have the same section titles. It's not unusual for the conclusion to be included the "discussion" section. But without question a section called "conclusión" should be translated as "conclusion" (or "conclusions", if it's "conclusiones" in the plural, of course), not as discussion and certainly not as results.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMRAD

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Hi. The conclusion(s) of the article are quite often in a section marked "Conclusion(s)", which obviously tends to come at the end of the text. If this is not the case in the article you're dealing with — if there's no section headed "Conclusion(s)", then the conclusions of the article will usually be the last part of the section headed "Discussion", which will normally be the last section if there is no "Conclusion".

I have quite often seen cases where articles don't have a section headed "Conclusions" but where the final or penultimate paragraph of the Discussion begins, "To conclude..." or "In conclusion...", or something that indicates that this is where the conclusions are. Any article, scientific or otherwise, ought to state its conclusions explicitly, using a form of words that makes them clearly identifiable, and of course this will nearly always be the very last part of the text. I hope this will help you to find the part you need.

Let me emphasise that the conclusions will never in the "Results" section; no competent editor would let that happen. And they will not be the whole of the "Discussion", just the last part (assuming they're not in a section of their own labelled as such).
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 16:02
Grading comment
¡Excelente ayuda! Gracias
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Charles Davis
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Taña Dalglish

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conclusion


Explanation:
I translate articles regularly for a Spanish medical journal, and the "conclusión" is neither the results nor the discussion, which are commonly called resultados and discusión in Spanish articles; it comes after both. Not all articles have the same section titles. It's not unusual for the conclusion to be included the "discussion" section. But without question a section called "conclusión" should be translated as "conclusion" (or "conclusions", if it's "conclusiones" in the plural, of course), not as discussion and certainly not as results.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMRAD

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Note added at 41 mins (2016-07-04 16:09:38 GMT)
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Hi. The conclusion(s) of the article are quite often in a section marked "Conclusion(s)", which obviously tends to come at the end of the text. If this is not the case in the article you're dealing with — if there's no section headed "Conclusion(s)", then the conclusions of the article will usually be the last part of the section headed "Discussion", which will normally be the last section if there is no "Conclusion".

I have quite often seen cases where articles don't have a section headed "Conclusions" but where the final or penultimate paragraph of the Discussion begins, "To conclude..." or "In conclusion...", or something that indicates that this is where the conclusions are. Any article, scientific or otherwise, ought to state its conclusions explicitly, using a form of words that makes them clearly identifiable, and of course this will nearly always be the very last part of the text. I hope this will help you to find the part you need.

Let me emphasise that the conclusions will never in the "Results" section; no competent editor would let that happen. And they will not be the whole of the "Discussion", just the last part (assuming they're not in a section of their own labelled as such).

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 16:02
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 136
Grading comment
¡Excelente ayuda! Gracias
Notes to answerer
Asker: Charles, may be in Spanish I can explain myself better. EL archivo está escrito en inglés y tiene como títulos entre otros Results y Discussion. Nos pidieron que hagamos la traducción del título, del abstract y de las conclusiones. No sé cuál sería la conclusión... por eso mi pregunta, entiendo tu respuesta más así no sé cuál traducir, por lo que leo en tu respuesta debería ser discussion. Muchas gracias por la ayuda.

Asker: Charles, thank you so very much!! I understand now!! Your help and explanation is very clear to me. Best Regards!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Soledad Agüero: "Introduction. Materials and Methods. Results. Discussion. Conclusion(s). Acknowledgments. Literature Cited" (That's the typical structure of a research study)
14 mins
  -> Thanks, Soledad :) Yes, it's pretty well universal.
agree  telefpro
37 mins
  -> Thanks, telefpro :)
agree  Taña Dalglish
40 mins
  -> Thanks, Taña :) Abrazos
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Standard pattern for any technical paper - goes back to Aristotle, I believe.
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Muriel! Ultimately that may well be so; it's a logical order, after all.
agree  Neil Ashby: Conclusions
3 hrs
  -> Yes, it will normally be plural in practice. Cheers, Neil :-)
agree  neilmac: Mustn't jump to... I've actually seen some papers that dispense with the Conclusions section, which is absorbed into the R&Discussion...
17 hrs
  -> Thanks, Neil :) That's quite true, as I explained in my answer. If results and discussion are run together (which they shouldn't be), the conclusions will be at the end; you can't state the conclusions before you've stated and discussed the results.
agree  Yvonne Becker: He escrito algunos artículos científicos y tuve que preparar numerososo informes científicos y siempre incluían la sección de conclusiones
1 day 23 hrs
  -> Gracias y saludos, Yvonne :)
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32 mins
Reference: Ref.

Reference information:
http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Conclusion-for-a-Research-Pap...
Four Parts: Sample Conclusions Writing a Basic Conclusion Making Your Conclusion as Effective as Possible Avoiding Common Pitfalls Community Q&A
The conclusion of a research paper needs to summarize the content and purpose of the paper without seeming too wooden or dry. Every basic conclusion must share several key elements, but there are also several tactics you can play around with to craft a more effective conclusion and several you should avoid in order to prevent yourself from weakening your paper's conclusion.
http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Conclusion-for-a-Research-Pap...
Writing a Basic Conclusion
Restate the topic.You should briefly restate the topic as well as explaining why it is important.[1][2]

Restate your thesis.Aside from the topic, you should also restate or rephrase your thesis statement.[5]

Briefly summarize your main points. Essentially, you need to remind your reader what you told them in the body of the paper.[7]

Add the points up. If your paper proceeds in an inductive manner and you have not fully explained the significance of your points yet, you need to do so in your conclusion.[9]

Make a call to action when appropriate. If and when needed, you can state to your readers that there is a need for further research on your paper's topic.

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http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Conclusion-for-a-Research-Pap...

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thank you very much Taña!

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