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Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

de afhankelijk van de ernst van de kwaal verminderde weerstand te verbeteren

English translation:

to improve the resistance reduced to a certain extent depending on the severity of the illness

Added to glossary by David Van der Vloet
Sep 9, 2005 17:13
18 yrs ago
Dutch term

(here) afhankelijk van de ernst

Dutch to English Medical Medical (general)
"de afhankelijk van de ernst van de kwaal verminderde weerstand te verbeteren"

I am trying to keep the sentence in one piece, but how to handle the adverbial quality of "de afhankelijk van de ernst van de kwaal" verminderde?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 which has been reduced to an extent depending on the severity of the illness.
4 +1 are intended to improve...
4 +1 These programs aim at counteracting the disease induced reduction of resistance.
4 depending on the severity
3 Compromised resistance.....

Discussion

Pieter Unema, PhD (asker) Sep 9, 2005:
certainly not! Sorry - must be resistance
Pieter Unema, PhD (asker) Sep 9, 2005:
ok - the whole sentence:
"Deze programma's hebben het doel de afhankelijk van de ernst van de kwaal verminderde weerstand te verbeteren"
Pieter Unema, PhD (asker) Sep 9, 2005:
ok - the whole sentence:
"Deze programma's hebben het doel de afhankelijk van de ernst van de kwaal verminderde weerstand te verbeteren"
hirselina Sep 9, 2005:
Ben je zeker van dat "resistense"?
Pieter Unema, PhD (asker) Sep 9, 2005:
ok - the whole sentence:
"Deze programma's hebben het doel de afhankelijk van de ernst van de kwaal verminderde weerstand te verbeteren"
Pieter Unema, PhD (asker) Sep 9, 2005:
NB: one possibility is of course to add dashes around it, like "the - depending on the severity of the ailment - reduced resistence", but I'm not sure that that 's the way to go.
hirselina Sep 9, 2005:
Could you provide the whole sentence? Something seems to be wrong

Proposed translations

+2
42 mins
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which has been reduced to an extent depending on the severity of the illness.

These programmes aim to/are intended to improve the resistance, which has been reduced to an extent depending on the severity of the illness.
Peer comment(s):
agree Adam Smith : Probably the best option, but I'd get rid of "extent depending", and simply have "reduced BY the severity of disease", IMHO. :-)
4 mins
That would be ambiguous though, wouldn't it?
agree Tina Vonhof (X) : Very good but I would say 'to a certain extent'.
30 mins
neutral writeaway : "to an extent' is an added extra not visible and not inherent in the original text. In a back translation,one would never land near the original.
12 hrs
the Dutch sentence is awkward in the first place...
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks everybody - this answer (especially the "extent") came pretty close to what I chose to use. I agree with Kate that keeping the dashes sounds somewhat dutch-ish"
+1
30 mins

are intended to improve...

these programs are intended to improve resistance - which is dependant on the severity of the illness

I think this is how to deal with it - otherwise it still remains a very Dutch sentence
Peer comment(s):
agree writeaway : at least this resembles the original Dutch and states the same thing. why change the gist of a statement, especially in this field.
13 hrs
Thank you.
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38 mins

Compromised resistance.....

These programmes are intended to improve resistance, which has been been compromised / reduced and which is dependent on severity of the disease (or disease severity)....

Bit of a mouthful -but it covers all the facts.

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Note added at 2005-09-09 17:55:46 (GMT)
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these programmes are intended to improve compromised / reduced resistance, (which is dependent) OR (depending) on severity of the disease (disease severity)
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40 mins

depending on the severity

I'd absolutely stick to your first impulse!
Peer comment(s):
neutral Adam Smith : You don't mean "epending on the severity of the ailment - reduced resistance", do you?
3 mins
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+1
2 hrs

These programs aim at counteracting the disease induced reduction of resistance.

that is, if they're not paying you per target word.
Peer comment(s):
agree Adam Smith : I like this one too!
1 min
Thanks. Serious competition always helps.
neutral David Van der Vloet : hehe it's nice :-) but it doesn't explicitly express the relation between the severity of the disease and how much the resistance has been reduced
10 mins
Right. And congrats!
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