Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Abstract (résumé)
English translation:
Abstract
French term
Abstract
'Abstract
Dermatologie Septembre 2006
tire a part'
Would you, therefore, translate this as 'Extract' (in the sense of extract from another document). I can't see that the dermatology can be described as Abstract ... or maybe it is?
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Diane de Cicco
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| 5 +5 | Abstract |
Roger Chadel
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| 4 +4 | Not French |
Odette Grille (X)
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Non-PRO (2): Drmanu49, Odette Grille (X)
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Proposed translations
France
Specialty: Biology, Chemistry, Medicine
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French, French to English
Résumé
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Note added at 1 day6 hrs (2007-02-17 18:25:21 GMT) Post-grading
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The paper being in French, I read too quickly and thought you wanted a translation into French. My mistake and apologies. This was a FR to ENG question so yes, "abstract" is the right word. Too bad so much ego and unpleasantness went into all this.
| Thank you, Diane, and also to Roger, but you got there first. (General comment - as the general note tab doesn't work - I have not found a way of adding accents that will work on this site, so perhaps the rather pedantic people who keep on about that would like to elaborate, if there is one that would work. Secondly, I, of course, know that abstract is an English word. It also appears in the French section of Harraps dictionary meaning, as you say, resume .... with accents). |
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Rachel Fell
: yes, I meant "Abstract" and took Résumé as the explan.!
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Merci
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Richard Benham
: Yes, and it's called an abstract, not a résumé, in English.//Well, it's posted as FR>EN.
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Quite, but I though they wanted the translation in French
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John Speese
: I agree, abstract is what it's called in English scientific articles, and resume (with the accents) in French ones.
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En fin quelqu'un qui me comprend... Merci.
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Roger Chadel
: if the target were French (but it is not), resumé should be fine. In English resume has other meaning.
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Not French
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Rachel Fell
: abstract - as opposed to the full text e.g. http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/20/2684
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Merci Rachel
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Assimina Vavoula
1 hr
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Merci Assimina
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Drmanu49
19 hrs
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Merci
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Diane de Cicco
1 day 6 hrs
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Merci Diane
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Brazil
Specializing in IT and Finance
Native in: French , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: French to Portuguese, English to Portuguese
Abstract
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cjohnstone
25 mins
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Assimina Vavoula
1 hr
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Yves Cromphaut
1 hr
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Drmanu49
19 hrs
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Diane de Cicco
1 day 6 hrs
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