Dec 20, 2006 08:42
18 yrs ago
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English term
Veni Vidi Vici
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, Ukrainian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English, and 5 more.
reduce/reduction
English
Law/Patents
Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright
usage
Is this pair "reduce/reduction" used correctly in the passage below ?
Especially I am not sure about "the reduction".
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We understand that the suggested amendments may seem as reducing the scope of protection. However, the reduction is insignificant in our opinion.
Especially I am not sure about "the reduction".
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We understand that the suggested amendments may seem as reducing the scope of protection. However, the reduction is insignificant in our opinion.
Responses
| 4 +3 | may seem to reduce |
Marie-Hélène Hayles
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| 4 +9 | may seem to limit |
Edith Kelly
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Responses
+3
2 mins
Marie-Hélène Hayles
Native in English
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English
medicine - chemistry - pharmaceuticals
Native in: English
Works in: Italian to English, English
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8
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may seem to reduce
the "reduction" is fine (you might like to use "this reduction"), but the first sentence should be "...the suggested amendments may seem to reduce..."
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "many thanks to everyone !"
+9
23 mins
Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Switzerland
Native in English
&
English
Specializes in field
Switzerland
Professional conference interpreter
Native in: German , English
Works in: German to English, English to German, Dutch to German, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
may seem to limit
however, this limitation
one does not reduce the scope of protection but one limits it in patents and the like
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Note added at 38 mins (2006-12-20 09:20:42 GMT)
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try to google:
limit the scope of protection ca. 12000 entries
reduce the scope of protection ca. 115 entries
one does not reduce the scope of protection but one limits it in patents and the like
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Note added at 38 mins (2006-12-20 09:20:42 GMT)
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try to google:
limit the scope of protection ca. 12000 entries
reduce the scope of protection ca. 115 entries
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
William [Bill] Gray
: Good point!
14 mins
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Thanx Bill.
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| agree |
kmtext
22 mins
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| agree |
Marie-Hélène Hayles
: good point - I hadn't noticed we were talking about patents!
51 mins
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| agree |
Nedra Rivera Huntington
: Nice.
1 hr
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| agree |
Mehmet Hascan
: Also "may seem to restrict the scope of protection" http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/copyright/docs/databases...
2 hrs
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Thanks, that would be another option if used as a verb but one does not really talk about "restriction of the scope of protection"
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conejo
: yes, "limit" is much better
10 hrs
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| agree |
ErichEko ⟹⭐
: Great!
16 hrs
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| agree |
CHEN-Ling
3 days 7 hrs
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| agree |
Alfa Trans (X)
3 days 7 hrs
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