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adecuado

English translation: appropriate (unremarkable)

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Spanish term or phrase:adecuado
English translation:appropriate (unremarkable)
Entered by: Ryan Kelly

13:37 Oct 8, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
Spanish term or phrase: adecuado
OK, so here we have a classic false friend, and it's throwing me for a loop as I am proofreading another translator's work; this is from a medical imaging company in Tijuana, so English influence in the Spanish source text may exist.

CT TOMOGRAFÍA DE ABDOMEN COMPLETO CONTRASTADO
[...]
Partes blandas sin evidencia de lesiones aparentes al método, de adecuado volumen y densidad.

Los primeros cortes a nivel de las bases pulmonares muestran adecuado patrón, con adecuado volumen...

The translator I am proofreading used "adequate" in their translation.

Sooooo, is appropriate, satisfactory, suitable, et al. the correct translation for this, or is "adequate" correct because the source SHOULD have been "suficiente?" Stedman bilingüe Diccionario de ciencias médicas does not have an entry on adecuado or adequate. Also, see medical false cognates at: https://journals.openedition.org/asp/1607?lang=en

Thank you for your help!!
Ryan Kelly
United States
Local time: 00:15
appropriate (unremarkable)
Explanation:
I'd go with appropriate, or even "unremarkable" as that is the gist of it.
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Lirka
Austria
Local time: 06:15
Grading comment
Very helpful, thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3appropriate (unremarkable)
Lirka
2adequate
Liliana Garfunkel


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
appropriate (unremarkable)


Explanation:
I'd go with appropriate, or even "unremarkable" as that is the gist of it.

Lirka
Austria
Local time: 06:15
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80
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Very helpful, thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  liz askew
4 mins
  -> Thank you, liz!
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Unremarkable
5 hrs
  -> Thank you, Muriel!
agree  Robert Carter
13 hrs
  -> Thank you, Robert!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
adequate


Explanation:
I found the word "adequate" especially related to dental implants and bone volume.
adequate: sufficient in quantity, quality, or amount to achieve a desired therapeutic effect.

Adequate volume of available alveolar bone in both
height and width
Adequate density of available alveolar bone

oral implants immediately after their placement in mandibles of adequate density and volume


Liliana Garfunkel
Argentina
Local time: 01:15
Native speaker of: Spanish
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