Jul 13, 2021 19:13
2 yrs ago
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German term
Entfernt vorstellbar
German to English
Medical
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Product use instructions for Covid test
I am translating from German to English a medical document about performing a Covid test.
It is in the form of a flow chart and therefore very lacking in context.
It classifies outcomes as possible, impossible, unlikely, and includes this:
Entfernt vorstellbar
Can you confirm that this means "remotely possible / conceivable"??
Or is there some other way to render?
Thank you!
RE Anderson
Chicago, IL, USA
It is in the form of a flow chart and therefore very lacking in context.
It classifies outcomes as possible, impossible, unlikely, and includes this:
Entfernt vorstellbar
Can you confirm that this means "remotely possible / conceivable"??
Or is there some other way to render?
Thank you!
RE Anderson
Chicago, IL, USA
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +3 | Remotely possible | Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X) |
3 +2 | Remote likelihood | Michael Martin, MA |
4 | hardly imaginable / virtually impossible | Cillie Swart |
2 +1 | within remotely feasible range | Adrian MM. |
Proposed translations
+3
1 hr
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Remotely possible
Was my first idea
Or conceivable would be fine,too
I have no problem with this being opinion-based
That‘s what it sounds like to me
Or conceivable would be fine,too
I have no problem with this being opinion-based
That‘s what it sounds like to me
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Simon Vigneault
1 hr
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Thank you, Simon!
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agree |
David Hollywood
6 hrs
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Thank you, David!
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agree |
sdvplatt
: remotely possible/conceivable would work for me
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Thank you, S!
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+2
57 mins
Remote likelihood
If this is supposed to be fact-based rather than opinion-based, I would leave out terms that are not cut and dried but open to interpretation such as "possible, conceivable" etc...
18 hrs
hardly imaginable / virtually impossible
I like the word imaginable in this context.
+1
19 hrs
within remotely feasible range
I agree with the discussion entrant, Steffen W., that we could do with knowing what the other categories are.
Medically or legally, a dull-thud opener of labels like remotely feasible might be elucidated by adding range or parameters.
Medically or legally, a dull-thud opener of labels like remotely feasible might be elucidated by adding range or parameters.
Example sentence:
Right now everybody seems to be scrambling to make sure every even remotely feasible possibility is covered midwinter.com Momentan scheint jeder abzustrampeln, um sicher zu gehen, daß jede noch so entfernt sinnvolle Möglichkeit abgedeckt ist
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