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Translaw :

>The problem is " primers enconding portions of genes "

They are like to be called 'primer' in Spanish as well.

These are PCR primers with a DNA sequence corresponding to the gag, pol,

etc regions of the genes.

Hope this makes the translation easier

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Hi,

If it may help, here's the French

les amorces codant des fractions de genes, which " fractions " are " gag, pol,

etc. "

My Spanish is not good enough in this sense, but someone else can find it

from the French. I hope so ...

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Date : lundi 21 février 2000 17:18

Objet : GENETICS ENG-SPA

>I am translating a paper on BAC and I found the following sentence that I

>don't understand.

>

> With the use of primers encoding portions of genes such as gag, pol or

>env that are conserved in

>the family of retroviruses, the PCR on human BAC could prove successful in

>detecting sequences of new retroviruses contained within the BAC genome.

>

>The problem is " primers enconding portions of genes "

>

>As usual, this is urgent.

>

>Suggestions are welcome.

>

>Thanks,

>

>Sil

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>>With the use of primers encoding portions of genes such as gag, pol or

env that are conserved in

the family of retroviruses, the PCR on human BAC could prove successful

in

detecting sequences of new retroviruses contained within the BAC genome.

The problem is " primers enconding portions of genes "

<<

read it as: with the use of primers, encoding portions of genes that are

conserved..., the PCR on human bac etc.

Hartelijke groeten * Bart *

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> With the use of primers encoding portions of genes such as gag, pol

or

> env that are conserved in the family of retroviruses, the PCR on human

BAC could prove successful in

> detecting sequences of new retroviruses contained within the BAC genome.

>

> The problem is " primers enconding portions of genes "

primer =>

1) in DNA replication, a short stretch of RNA required to initiate DNA

synthesis.

2) in PCR (polymerase chain reaction), a short oligonucleotide of definded

sequence which is annealed to the DNA template to initiate PCR.

If you know the translation for " primer " (the piece required to start the

reaction), you can translate the rest literally, except for " gad, pol, env "

=> these are the names of important genes of RNA viruses and must NOT be

translated.

HTH, Ursula

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I'm sorry, but in French we do make the effort to translate primer =

amorce, so I do hope that you can do at least the same, and use " cebador " or

" fijacion del cebador " (I've checked it since my lasr message), or do you

want to promote " easyness " and use primer ? !! Do you want to promote

" spanglish " ? I Think this is againts the translator's ethics !

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Date : lundi 21 février 2000 20:45

Objet : Re: GENETICS ENG-SPA

>Thank you for your kind cooperation.

>

>Primer was not translated so the rest looked easier.

>

>Thanks again

>

>Silvia

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>

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Maarten de Bruijn :

>These are PCR primers with a DNA sequence corresponding to the gag, pol,

>etc regions of the genes.

Slightly off course here: .... corresponding to parts of genes, such as

gag, pol, etc, which are conserved ...

Sigh.

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Dear ,

I have a different point of view. When a foreign term is used in the jargon

of a certain field of specialization, what's the use of translating it if

nobody will understand the meaning? At least in Argentina, I have checked

with some specialists in genetics and, altough they know that the term

" cebador " exists, they would not use it at all in a technical context. I

have always thought that whenever there is a translation for a certain word

we should use it, but now I think that it is against my personal and

professional ethics to translate something nobody will understand. It is

more ethical to be less strict and try to meet the needs of those you are

translating for.

One example is the R.S.V.P. that appears on almost all the invitations you

receive. Everybody knows that this stands for Reservez s'il vous plait but

if you wrote RPF (reserve por favor) nobody would know what the acronym

means. This is a clear example of foreing terms incorporated to everyday

language and nobody cares about them.

With kind regards,

Sil

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>I'm sorry, but in French we do make the effort to translate primer =

>amorce, so I do hope that you can do at least the same, and use " cebador "

or

> " fijacion del cebador " (I've checked it since my lasr message), or do you

>want to promote " easyness " and use primer ? !! Do you want to promote

> " spanglish " ? I Think this is againts the translator's ethics !

> GUILLIAUMET - France

>Traductions Médicales - Médecine et Pharmacologie

>Medical Translations - Medicine and Pharmacology

>E-mail : cgtradmed@...

>Phone : +33 (0)4 75 90 96 85

>Fax : + 33 (0)4 75 90 96 91

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Dear Sil,

I understand your reasons : looking for the best way to be understood by the

greatest number. But, what is interesting, it is that in France all the the

journals and people involved in PCR use the French translation " amorce " . So,

it seems that the South-American culture accepts (and prefers) the

North-American culture and that people don't mind losing their national

identity and language (maybe because the latter was not the real national

one because already imported centuries ago ...) Really interesting.

As for RSVP, it means " Répondre (or répondez) sil vous plaît " :-)

Have a nice day

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Date : lundi 21 février 2000 22:22

Objet : Re: GENETICS ENG-SPA

>Dear ,

>

>I have a different point of view. When a foreign term is used in the jargon

>of a certain field of specialization, what's the use of translating it if

>nobody will understand the meaning? At least in Argentina, I have checked

>with some specialists in genetics and, altough they know that the term

> " cebador " exists, they would not use it at all in a technical context. I

>have always thought that whenever there is a translation for a certain word

>we should use it, but now I think that it is against my personal and

>professional ethics to translate something nobody will understand. It is

>more ethical to be less strict and try to meet the needs of those you are

>translating for.

>

>One example is the R.S.V.P. that appears on almost all the invitations you

>receive. Everybody knows that this stands for Reservez s'il vous plait but

>if you wrote RPF (reserve por favor) nobody would know what the acronym

>means. This is a clear example of foreing terms incorporated to everyday

>language and nobody cares about them.

>

>With kind regards,

>

>Sil

>translaw@...

>

>>I'm sorry, but in French we do make the effort to translate primer =

>>amorce, so I do hope that you can do at least the same, and use " cebador "

>or

>> " fijacion del cebador " (I've checked it since my lasr message), or do you

>>want to promote " easyness " and use primer ? !! Do you want to promote

>> " spanglish " ? I Think this is againts the translator's ethics !

>> GUILLIAUMET - France

>>Traductions Médicales - Médecine et Pharmacologie

>>Medical Translations - Medicine and Pharmacology

>>E-mail : cgtradmed@...

>>Phone : +33 (0)4 75 90 96 85

>>Fax : + 33 (0)4 75 90 96 91

>

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cgtradmed :

>I understand your reasons : looking for the best way to be understood by the

>greatest number. But, what is interesting, it is that in France all the the

>journals and people involved in PCR use the French translation " amorce " . So,

>it seems that the South-American culture accepts (and prefers) the

>North-American culture and that people don't mind losing their national

>identity and language (maybe because the latter was not the real national

>one because already imported centuries ago ...)

,

I think you will find that French is not the standard in this instance,

but the exception.

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Silvia

These are PCR primers with a DNA sequence corresponding to the gag, pol,

etc regions of the genes

Sorry not to reply earlier, but I had problems with the server.

How about rephrasing the sentence and use " imprimacion " , from priming,

which it is used in the field ( at least in Spain)?

Se trata de " elementos, segmentos, , etc " " de imprimación con una .....

I agree that cebador will not work, but might have a point :-).

a

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>Thank you for your kind cooperation.

>

>Primer was not translated so the rest looked easier.

>

>Thanks again

>

>Silvia

>translaw@...

>

>

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> With the use of primers encoding portions of genes such as gag, pol or

> env that are conserved in the family of retroviruses, the PCR on human

> BAC could prove successful in detecting sequences of new retroviruses

> contained within the BAC genome.

Hello:

as this subject keeps propping up, I might as well ask if someone can

satisfy my curiosity:

What is BAC in this context?

" human BAC " implies a *gene product* called BAC,

but " BAC genome " would imply an *organism* called BAC. Or should this be

" BAC gene " ?

Ursula

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Thanks, Sil:

Well, in that case " PCR on human BAC " is done to learn more about the

*disease* BAC by finding out if there are, in fact, viral sequences present

in the BAC *gene* (rather than BAC *genome* - as I suspected, there is no

such thing because BAC is not an orgnanism).

Greetings from Ontario, Ursula

> >What is BAC in this context?

>

> BAC means bronchioloalveolar carcinoma

>

> Sil

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> With the use of primers encoding portions of genes such as gag, pol or

> env that are conserved in the family of retroviruses, the PCR on human

> BAC could prove successful in detecting sequences of new retroviruses

> contained within the BAC genome.

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Thanks, Sil:

Well, in that case " PCR on human BAC " is done to learn more about the

*disease* BAC by finding out if there are, in fact, viral sequences present

in the BAC *gene* (rather than BAC *genome* - as I suspected, there is no

such thing because BAC is not an orgnanism).

Greetings from Ontario, Ursula

> >What is BAC in this context?

>

> BAC means bronchioloalveolar carcinoma

>

> Sil

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> With the use of primers encoding portions of genes such as gag, pol or

> env that are conserved in the family of retroviruses, the PCR on human

> BAC could prove successful in detecting sequences of new retroviruses

> contained within the BAC genome.

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Thank you a, for " the point " :-)

Yes, I think we all must do our best to translate everytime it is possible.

That's a part of our job to train our clients to protect our native

languages from external pollution, wherever this comes from.

About " cebador " , as I've said before, I'm not at all an expert in Spanish

(in this sense of translation) and saw it used on some sites, but I'm happy

to hear of " imprimacion " . So, would it be extravagant to use " imprimador " ?

Just a question, please don't flame me, dear colleagues :-)

GUILLIAUMET - France

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Phone : +33 (0)4 75 90 96 85

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Date : mardi 22 février 2000 18:12

Objet : Re: GENETICS ENG-SPA

>Silvia

>

>These are PCR primers with a DNA sequence corresponding to the gag, pol,

>etc regions of the genes

>

>Sorry not to reply earlier, but I had problems with the server.

>

>How about rephrasing the sentence and use " imprimacion " , from priming,

>which it is used in the field ( at least in Spain)?

>

>Se trata de " elementos, segmentos, , etc " " de imprimación con una .....

>

>I agree that cebador will not work, but might have a point :-).

>a

>

>

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>

>>Thank you for your kind cooperation.

>>

>>Primer was not translated so the rest looked easier.

>>

>>Thanks again

>>

>>Silvia

>>translaw@...

>>

>>

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Thank you a, for " the point " :-)

Yes, I think we all must do our best to translate everytime it is possible.

That's a part of our job to train our clients to protect our native

languages from external pollution, wherever this comes from.

About " cebador " , as I've said before, I'm not at all an expert in Spanish

(in this sense of translation) and saw it used on some sites, but I'm happy

to hear of " imprimacion " . So, would it be extravagant to use " imprimador " ?

Just a question, please don't flame me, dear colleagues :-)

GUILLIAUMET - France

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Medical Translations - Medicine and Pharmacology

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Phone : +33 (0)4 75 90 96 85

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>Silvia

>

>These are PCR primers with a DNA sequence corresponding to the gag, pol,

>etc regions of the genes

>

>Sorry not to reply earlier, but I had problems with the server.

>

>How about rephrasing the sentence and use " imprimacion " , from priming,

>which it is used in the field ( at least in Spain)?

>

>Se trata de " elementos, segmentos, , etc " " de imprimación con una .....

>

>I agree that cebador will not work, but might have a point :-).

>a

>

>

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>

>

>>Thank you for your kind cooperation.

>>

>>Primer was not translated so the rest looked easier.

>>

>>Thanks again

>>

>>Silvia

>>translaw@...

>>

>>

>>

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Dear , Sivaia and the rest

>Yes, I think we all must do our best to translate everytime it is possible.

>That's a part of our job to train our clients to protect our native

>languages from external pollution, wherever this comes from.

That is a very tricky and dificult issue. There are cultural issues involve

in here and often is dificult to strick the balance

Since I am in the Net I have grown much more respectful and understand

better the translation " customes " in SouthAmerica. The fact that Spain is

more anti spanglish, as a culture, does not mean Argentina or Mexico has to

be so... The imporant thing is what people " understand " . I also know that

they " fight " Spanglish whenever possible.... if the term has not

consolidated into the culture, like everywhere else

>About " cebador " , as I've said before, I'm not at all an expert in Spanish

>(in this sense of translation) and saw it used on some sites, but I'm happy

>to hear of " imprimacion " . So, would it be extravagant to use " imprimador " ?

After writing my e-mail, I also came accross " cebador " in an article

published by Investigacion y ciencia ( Spanish version of Scientific

American) regarding PCR techniques... However, it was not clear whether it

was the same as the " primers " we are dealing with. I did not have time to go

further into it , and I guess Silvia has finished her translation by now

:-)

Imprimador sounds awful, but so did imprimacion the first time I found it.

However, in Spain it has become an " OK " term in the medical and other

fields, but that might not be the case in Argentina. Is that so Silvia?

I assume that priming and primer were terms " exported " by genetics from

other industries ( " primers " are used before " painting " , right?)

I am having problems with the server I use for the list and I will have to

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Dear , Sivaia and the rest

>Yes, I think we all must do our best to translate everytime it is possible.

>That's a part of our job to train our clients to protect our native

>languages from external pollution, wherever this comes from.

That is a very tricky and dificult issue. There are cultural issues involve

in here and often is dificult to strick the balance

Since I am in the Net I have grown much more respectful and understand

better the translation " customes " in SouthAmerica. The fact that Spain is

more anti spanglish, as a culture, does not mean Argentina or Mexico has to

be so... The imporant thing is what people " understand " . I also know that

they " fight " Spanglish whenever possible.... if the term has not

consolidated into the culture, like everywhere else

>About " cebador " , as I've said before, I'm not at all an expert in Spanish

>(in this sense of translation) and saw it used on some sites, but I'm happy

>to hear of " imprimacion " . So, would it be extravagant to use " imprimador " ?

After writing my e-mail, I also came accross " cebador " in an article

published by Investigacion y ciencia ( Spanish version of Scientific

American) regarding PCR techniques... However, it was not clear whether it

was the same as the " primers " we are dealing with. I did not have time to go

further into it , and I guess Silvia has finished her translation by now

:-)

Imprimador sounds awful, but so did imprimacion the first time I found it.

However, in Spain it has become an " OK " term in the medical and other

fields, but that might not be the case in Argentina. Is that so Silvia?

I assume that priming and primer were terms " exported " by genetics from

other industries ( " primers " are used before " painting " , right?)

I am having problems with the server I use for the list and I will have to

unsubcribe for a while. So I will be back as soons as possible. My main

address ( etheridioml@...) is still fully functional.

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Web: http://personal4.iddeo.es/etheridiom

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> I assume that priming and primer were terms " exported " by genetics from

> other industries ( " primers " are used before " painting " , right?)

I would think, in both cases " primer " has to do something with the Latin

" primus " . I am surprised that Spanish doesn't seem to have a very similar

word for this.

Here in Ontario, we have the first signs of " primavera " : all the snow is

melting away...

Ursula

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> I assume that priming and primer were terms " exported " by genetics from

> other industries ( " primers " are used before " painting " , right?)

I would think, in both cases " primer " has to do something with the Latin

" primus " . I am surprised that Spanish doesn't seem to have a very similar

word for this.

Here in Ontario, we have the first signs of " primavera " : all the snow is

melting away...

Ursula

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>I would think, in both cases " primer " has to do something with the Latin

> " primus " . I am surprised that Spanish doesn't seem to have a very similar

>word for this.

Yes primo primario, primera, etc but it would not include the meaning of

primer...

By the way how can I unsubscribe temporarily from the list? . Could anyone

tell me?

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>I would think, in both cases " primer " has to do something with the Latin

> " primus " . I am surprised that Spanish doesn't seem to have a very similar

>word for this.

Yes primo primario, primera, etc but it would not include the meaning of

primer...

By the way how can I unsubscribe temporarily from the list? . Could anyone

tell me?

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