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Apr 3, 2010 16:01
14 yrs ago
French term
United States
23 years in agricultural science
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Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
portance
French to English
Medical
Medical: Instruments
therapeutic mattresses
....pour obtenir un PORTANCE optimale du patient par le matelas afin de minimiser la pressiond'interface exercee par le matelas sur la peau du patient....
I know this term has come up before, but it has multiple meanings and I'm not sure what fits best in this context: bearing? lifting? I hesitate to use "support" because the source text also uses that term (dipositif de support, supporter le poids du patient, etc.).
I know this term has come up before, but it has multiple meanings and I'm not sure what fits best in this context: bearing? lifting? I hesitate to use "support" because the source text also uses that term (dipositif de support, supporter le poids du patient, etc.).
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | weight distribution or pressure distribution |
Debbie Tacium Ladry
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| 4 | firmness |
B D Finch
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Proposed translations
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Debbie Tacium Ladry
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Native in: English
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weight distribution or pressure distribution
I'm assuming this would be to avoid pressure sores.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-04-03 18:19:55 GMT)
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"portance" actually means something quite different in engineering terms: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portance_(mécanique_des_fluides...
and it might be what the author is hinting at; if this is to reduce pressure sores, I think a different word or phrase should've been used in the original...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-04-03 18:19:55 GMT)
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"portance" actually means something quite different in engineering terms: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portance_(mécanique_des_fluides...
and it might be what the author is hinting at; if this is to reduce pressure sores, I think a different word or phrase should've been used in the original...
Note from asker:
| I think you're right, and prevention of bedsores is indeed what it's about, but they also say repartition de poids in this text, in other words there are a lot of synonyms or near-synonyms. |
18 hrs
firmness
As you say in your note to Debbie that "repartition de poids" is used elsewhere, I think that this may be what they are talking about.
"What conclusions can we draw from this study? The only information given about the mattress was the degree of firmness. Firm was compared with moderate-firm and the results indicated that in patients with chronic low back pain, moderate-firm mattresses are superior for alleviating symptoms. What we don’t know, is whether moderate mattresses are better, worse, or the same as moderate-firm mattresses. And we are likewise unsure about moderate-soft and soft mattresses. It is also not clear if we can generalize from patients with chronic low back pain to the public at large. Do people with chronic back pain have different characteristics in their backs that predispose them to responding better to a moderate-firm as opposed to a firm mattress? Would an asymptomatic person be better off on a firm mattress? While we can’t draw any firm (pardon the word-choice) conclusions, it does seem reasonable that people without back pain would also respond best to a moderate-firm as opposed to a firm mattress. It is reasonable that a patient with chronic low back pain has a sensitized back. So whereas the benefits of a moderate-firm mattress may not be as immediately apparent in a non-sensitized back, over time it does seem that the public at large without chronic low back pain would do best on a moderate-firm mattress."
http://www.mattresses-direct.co.uk/articles.html
"What conclusions can we draw from this study? The only information given about the mattress was the degree of firmness. Firm was compared with moderate-firm and the results indicated that in patients with chronic low back pain, moderate-firm mattresses are superior for alleviating symptoms. What we don’t know, is whether moderate mattresses are better, worse, or the same as moderate-firm mattresses. And we are likewise unsure about moderate-soft and soft mattresses. It is also not clear if we can generalize from patients with chronic low back pain to the public at large. Do people with chronic back pain have different characteristics in their backs that predispose them to responding better to a moderate-firm as opposed to a firm mattress? Would an asymptomatic person be better off on a firm mattress? While we can’t draw any firm (pardon the word-choice) conclusions, it does seem reasonable that people without back pain would also respond best to a moderate-firm as opposed to a firm mattress. It is reasonable that a patient with chronic low back pain has a sensitized back. So whereas the benefits of a moderate-firm mattress may not be as immediately apparent in a non-sensitized back, over time it does seem that the public at large without chronic low back pain would do best on a moderate-firm mattress."
http://www.mattresses-direct.co.uk/articles.html
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