attività fisiologica/biochimica
English translation: is sustained through physiological and biochemical processes
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peer agreement (net): +1physiological and biochemical factors Explanation: Much will depend on your context and the particular aspects of hair (hair growth? hair health?) that your text is dealing with, but a translation like "hair is affected by physiological and biochemical factors" should suffice. |
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| vive attraverso un’attività fisiologica ed biochimica is sustained through physiological and biochemical processes Explanation: Alternative: Hair is sustained through physiological and biochemical activity. Alternative 2: Hair lives through physiological and biochemical processes. (These are ways which a specialist might express the author's thought.) Note 1: In general, you might not elect to say "hair lives" because only part of the hair is alive, namely the intradermal hair follicle. Most of the hair, though perhaps not the part most relevant to the author's discussion, is dead. Note 2: "factors" is not bad, but it is not a translation of the author's thought, rather it is a gloss over that thought. I particularly do not like "factors" because it over-generalizes the author's quite specific statement. We as translators should not re-write an author without a good reason. |
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