Jul 3, 2020 09:39
3 yrs ago
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English term

Meaningless

COVID-19 English to Spanish Medical Medical (general) Testing
Hola, cómo están. Traduje este artículo:

https://off-guardian.org/2020/06/27/covid19-pcr-tests-are-sc...

Lo único que no estoy seguro es de cómo traducir "meaningless" en el título:

"COVID19 PCR Tests are Scientifically Meaningless"

"Though the whole world relies on RT-PCR to “diagnose” Sars-Cov-2 infection, the science is clear: they are not fit for purpose"

Muchas gracias por cualquier respuesta. Saludos.
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Proposed translations

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9 mins
Selected

no tienen sentido (desde el punto de vista científico)

otra opción es que "son irrelevantes" o incluso "absurdos".
Peer comment(s):

agree David Hollywood
8 mins
agree Thilo Müller
10 mins
agree Mónica Algazi
3 hrs
agree Leda Roche
5 hrs
agree Eduardo Huerta Vazquez
6 hrs
neutral Chema Nieto Castañón : Hola Laura. Creo que "las pruebas no tienen sentido" induce a pensar que no hay por qué hacerlas, y no es esta la idea; estos tests en concreto no tiene valor cientifico como herramientas diagnósticas, pero las PCR para covid tener sí tienen sentido.
1 day 1 hr
¡Buen punto! Gracias
agree axel2 : Muchas gracias.
3 days 17 hrs
disagree Mónica Belén Colacilli : Estoy de acuerdo con el comentario de Chema. Pido disculpas por el "Disagree" pero considero que sería un error usar esta opción en un artículo científico.
13 days
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+1
52 mins

inútiles

Basically "not fit for purpose", so "useless".
Peer comment(s):

agree axel2 : Muchas gracias.
3 days 16 hrs
¡Gracias Axel2!
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+1
2 hrs

no significan nada

Reacomodaría la frase para que suene natural así:

"En términos científicos, los test de PCR para COVID19 no significan nada".
Peer comment(s):

agree axel2 : Muchas gracias.
3 days 14 hrs
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+4
4 hrs

insignificantes

sugg.
Peer comment(s):

agree Yaotl Altan
4 hrs
agree Paulina Sobelman
17 hrs
agree axel2 : Muchas gracias.
3 days 13 hrs
agree Mónica Belén Colacilli
12 days
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+2
2 hrs

no tienen valor científico

The sense of "meaningless" here is that they are worthless; the information may be unreliable or they don't tell us anything new, for example. It is not really 100% literal, as in "sin sentido".



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Note added at 14 days (2020-07-17 10:19:50 GMT) Post-grading
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Hi Axel, if you cannot be bothered to select the best proposal, I can't be bothered to help you, so I've now filtered out your questions. Kudoz is give and take, not just take.
Peer comment(s):

agree Chema Nieto Castañón : Esta es sutil, pero el sentido es exactamente este, no tienen valor científico, su valor es irrelevante en tanto que herramienta diagnóstica.
22 hrs
Thanks Chema, appreciate it. Yes, everyone's taken the wrong meaning of meaningless ;@)
agree axel2 : Muchas gracias.
3 days 14 hrs
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Reference comments

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Reference:

to prove that a person has the illness in question is scientifically meaningless. En efecto, no tiene ningún sentido científico hacer una lista de conductas, poner ...
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