Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
parfois synonymes de confusion
English translation:
sometimes/easily confused
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2009-09-28 08:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
French term
parfois synonymes de confusion
I am still translating a text about tubal sterilisation using a micro-implant device and the data collected about its success.
This comes under the "Appendices" section, which mainly involves all the paperwork necessary in the data collection exercise.
IMPORTANT
Sur toutes les fiches du questionnaire, le nom de l'hopital sera déjà imprimé.
Le número de dossier de votre patiente devre etre le meme tout au long de l'enquete .
Par ailleurs, nous avons choisi d'inclure la "perforation" dans la "migration", les termes étant proches et parfois synonymes de confusion.
In the last paragraph I think they mean migration of the microimplant, but what about "perforation"??
So, is this just "sometimes confusing synonyms/synonyms which cause confusion".
To be truthful, I am not sure what they are getting at in this last paragraph and would appreciate some enlightenment.
Thank you!
| 4 +6 | sometimes/easily confused |
Lianne Wilson
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| 3 | Tantamount to confusion/Lead to confusion |
Gad Kohenov
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
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Native in: English 
Works in: Japanese to English, French to English
sometimes/easily confused
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-09-25 07:58:09 GMT)
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So, I don't think they are exactly 'synonyms which cause confusion' since the text says the two terms are only 'closely related' rather than entirely interchangeable, but you basically had it right: they're terms that people tend to mix up or see as being synonyms.
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-09-25 08:42:26 GMT)
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@Liz: It is quite hard to see how you could mix them up!
| Thank you very much. I think I didn't understand it because I failed to see how anybody could confuse "perforation" with "migration" as they have two separate meanings! i.e. hole/movement |
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