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qualitate qua

English translation: even real experts make mistakes


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07:44 May 19, 2011
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Law/Patents - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Latijnse uitdrukking
Dutch term or phrase: qualitate qua
Deze term lijkt specifiek in Nederlandse teksten gebruikt te worden (web search), en komt weinig of niet in Engelse teksten voor.
Is het juist om dit als "ex officio" te "vertalen"??

De brontekst: “U voelt hem al aankomen: ook echte deskundigen zijn niet qualitate qua gevrijwaard van fouten.”

Mijn interpretatie: "You can see what I'm getting at: even real experts are not immune from mistakes ex officio."

(this is from a speech by a Law Psychologist addressing a meeting of scientists at a Dutch university on the subject of Expert Witnesses.)
Frank van Thienen
Canada
Local time: 21:35
English translation:even real experts make mistakes
Explanation:
Even real experts make mistakes. Their expertise in itself does not make them perfect.

Zo zou je het ook wellicht kunnen zeggen.
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FionaT
Netherlands
Local time: 06:35
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1even real experts make mistakesFionaT
3in one's capacity as/in such capacityW Schouten
3occupational hazardMoiraB


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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
occupational hazard


Explanation:
I wonder if this might work. Even for real experts, mistakes are an occupational hazard.

With your own translation, I feel it could even be omitted, as 'not immune from /making/ mistakes' conveys the idea sufficiently, IMO.

Qualitate qua is actually in van Dale - officially, by / in virtue of one's office, ex officio - but I'm not keen on any of those here.

MoiraB
Local time: 06:35
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
even real experts make mistakes


Explanation:
Even real experts make mistakes. Their expertise in itself does not make them perfect.

Zo zou je het ook wellicht kunnen zeggen.

FionaT
Netherlands
Local time: 06:35
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
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agree  Tina Vonhof: That's what it boils down to.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
in one's capacity as/in such capacity


Explanation:
is the literal translation

W Schouten
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:35
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Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
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