Jul 9, 2008 07:32
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Italian term
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movimenti afinalistici
Italian to English
Medical
Medical (general)
huntington's disease / chorea
il disturbo motorio più comune è la còrea, caratterizzata da movimenti involontari improvvisi, afinalistici ed irregolari per ampiezza, frequenza e gruppi muscolari coinvolti.
I have not been able to find a reliable definition of the term in Italian or a reliable translation source, but I am tempted to translate afinalistico as aimless. Does anyone agree/disagree?
I have not been able to find a reliable definition of the term in Italian or a reliable translation source, but I am tempted to translate afinalistico as aimless. Does anyone agree/disagree?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | purposeless movements |
Mihaela Petrican
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| 5 | wandering movements |
Cristina B
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| 4 | random movements |
potra
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| 4 -1 | uncontrolled movements |
Ellen Kraus
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Proposed translations
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Mihaela Petrican
Italy
Italy
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Italy
Medical,Pharmaceutical & IT Translations
Native in: Romanian 
Works in: English to Romanian, Italian to Romanian, Romanian to Italian, and 4 more.
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purposeless movements
As an alternative to your aimless :-)
However, this is the right sense of "afinalistici" in this context.
HTH
Chorea describes involuntary, irregular, purposeless on-rhythmic movements which are rapid and jerky and flow from one part of the body to another.
http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40000070/
However, this is the right sense of "afinalistici" in this context.
HTH
Chorea describes involuntary, irregular, purposeless on-rhythmic movements which are rapid and jerky and flow from one part of the body to another.
http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40000070/
Peer comment(s):
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Cristina B
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many thanks, Cristina :-)
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Ellen Kraus
: Ehre, wem Ehre gebührt !
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:-) danke, Ellen!
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luskie
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grazie :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks Mihaela!"
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Ellen Kraus
Austria
Austria
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Austria
more than thirty years of experience
Native in: German
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142
uncontrolled movements
you will find many medical examples for this suggestion. There are special therapies for treating this disorder ......
Peer comment(s):
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Mihaela Petrican
: it stands for "movimenti incontrollabili", nothing to do with "afinalistici"
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Cristina B
United States
United States
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United States
MEDICAL translator with BIOLOGY degree
Native in: English
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28
wandering movements
Another possibility would be
"AFINALISTIC MOVEMENTS".
However, "wandering movements" is preferable as "afinalistic" is not used often in English and most people would not understand the meaning.
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Note added at 24 mins (2008-07-09 07:57:01 GMT)
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Numerous examples of "WANDERING" as a translation for "AFINALISTICO" can be found on the internet. Here are some examples below:
Examples [PDF]Pagina 1 di 3 TERAPIE NON FARMACOLOGICHE NEI NUC...
comportamento come il <B> wandering ( movimento afinalistico), </B>l’affaccendamento, ... afinalistico ( wandering) permettendo una riduzione dello stesso e una ...
www.piacasa.it/extall.php?id=11 - Similar pages
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[PDF]“IL TEMPO RITROVATO” PRIMO GIARDINO SENSORIALE
il girovagare <B> afinalistico (wandering)</B>. Il percorso, interamente recintato e dotato. di un solo ingresso, si sviluppa attraverso ...
www.assistenzanziani.it/finmark_portale/contenuti/pdf... - Similar pages
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[DOC]GIARDINO ALZHEIMER R
Ridurre i problemi comportamentali e, in particolare: il disorientamento spazio temporale, i tentativi di fuga , il girovagare <B> afinalistico (wandering)</B> e le ...
www.sds-sudest.fi.it/sds/docs/lugl06/Allegato delib... - Similar pages
http://www.sds-sudest.fi.it/sds/docs/lugl06/Allegato deliber...
rsamadonnadellapace
Essi sono rappresentati dal disorientamento temporo-spaziale, dai tentativi di fuga e dal girovagare <B> afinalistico (wandering)</B> e, pertanto, lo spazio che ...
www.rsamadonnadellapace.it/RSA/chisiamo/ALZHEIME... - 26k - Similar pages
http://www.rsamadonnadellapace.it/RSA/chisiamo/ALZHEIMER.htm
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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-07-09 10:32:40 GMT)
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I didn't have enough room to respond to Mihaela's comment below, so I am responding here. I was trying to say that "wandering movements" can be a good translation for the phrase you asked for, "movimenti finalistici", in many contexts. However, in this particular context regarding chorea, "wandering" is not the most ideal choice because though "wandering" doesn't necessarily involve walking, it is often used to imply walking. My mistake was that in answering this question, I focused too much on the phrase "movimenti afinalistici" in isolation rather than its meaning in this context of chorea. Mihaela's answer is the best for this context.
Peer comment(s):
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Mihaela Petrican
: "wandering" refers to "girovagare (afinalistico)"/ Hi, Cristina :-)... the point is "wandering" involves a walking movement and chorea doesn't necessarily refers to it...moreover if you read again the asker's sentence
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Mihaela is correct. Though "wandering movements" can be a good translation for the phrase you asked for, I answered the question too quickly without focusing enough on the context. For this particular context, "wandering" is not the most ideal.
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5691 days
random movements
another option
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