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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Sage-Femme Major

English translation:

Senior midwife / staff midwife

Added to glossary by Drmanu49
Nov 11, 2009 16:55
14 yrs ago
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French term

Femme-Major

French to English Medical Medical: Health Care
This is a title on a birth certificate of an official at a hospital.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 Senior midwife
Change log

Nov 16, 2009 09:57: Drmanu49 changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/946690">John Fossey's</a> old entry - "Sage-Femme Major"" to ""Senior midwife""

Discussion

Travelin Ann Nov 11, 2009:
I found one translation (larousse.fr) that gives "staff midwife" for the 3-word phrase
John Fossey (asker) Nov 11, 2009:
I think "sage-femme major" is it - There's a disconnected "sage" handwritten elsewhere on the document. Would it be "staff midwife"?
Travelin Ann Nov 11, 2009:
@ John Fossey Is the full phrase "sage-femme-major" on the certificate?
Alison Sabedoria (X) Nov 11, 2009:
I've just done a similar check to Phil, and found it mostly in the armed forces context, sometimes equiv. to MO. E.g www.aufaitmaroc.com/.../genocide-rwandais-prison-a-vie-pour... -
Travelin Ann Nov 11, 2009:
@Phil You found the same refs I did. Try searching sage femme major.
philgoddard Nov 11, 2009:
Do you have any more context? Does it just say "Femme major" and a person's name, or is it part of a sentence?
philgoddard Nov 11, 2009:
Funnily enough, someone asked the same question about the same hospital on Wordreference.com and didn't get an answer. I've found the phrase used on lots of French-language sites and seen it more than once translated as "major" (as in the armed forces), but this may be a mistranslation. And I don't think it means "of legal age".
Travelin Ann Nov 11, 2009:
@DrManu Was watching for you to weigh in on this one. My instincts were telling me this had to be the meaning, but I could not find any refs in my usual sources.
Drmanu49 Nov 11, 2009:
Birth certificate can be certified by "sage-femme major".
I don't think it has anything to do with a typo for "majeur".
Dr Lofthouse Nov 11, 2009:
i think it refers to the 'age of majority' ( normally 18 or 21 depending on country and legal right being referred to )
John Fossey (asker) Nov 11, 2009:
Cameroon Yaoundé University Teaching Hospital (CHU Yaoundé)
Cameroon
Travelin Ann Nov 11, 2009:
Source text country? -

Proposed translations

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34 mins
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Senior midwife

probably this...

Je suis titulaire d'un diplome algerien de sage femme,22ans d'ancienneté avec grade de sage femme major et fonction chef de bureau (inspection de maternités ...
experts-univers.com/sage-femme-algerienne-vivant-france.html -

Results: Major differences were found in the rated quality of ... agreement between the consultant paediatricians and senior midwives ranged from excellent to ... Conclusions: The quality of midwife examinations exceeded that of SHOs. ...
jms.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/short/10/4/176?rss=1...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-11-11 19:14:56 GMT)
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Staff midwife also

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-11-11 20:41:21 GMT)
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Most women giving birth and their birth coach will be in the care of a staff midwife (CNM) or obstetrical nurse during child birth. As a midwife (CNM) or ...
www.thepinkkit.com/just-for-staff-midwives-or-obstetrical-n... -
Peer comment(s):
neutral liz askew : ah, hmmm, and yet it says "femme-major",,,so maybe a typo? This is a birth certificate, so quite plausible. I have only come across "femme-majeure" when translating marriage certs.
4 mins
Yes Liz, that is the point.
agree FrenchPhD : yep
33 mins
Thank you.
agree sueaberwoman : Or head midwife. When my husband was a Fr med student in the 70/80s, Major is what was used for Infirmière en chef. Surely the same for midwives.
1 hr
Thank you, yes indeed.
agree mimi 254 : Senior midwife or Head midwife
15 hrs
Thank you.
agree elias melhem (X)
2 days 16 hrs
Thank you Elias.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks. In the end I used Staff Midwife, although it sounds like Senior Midwife might have also been correct."
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