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afwijking

English translation: deviation


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Dutch term or phrase:afwijking
English translation:deviation
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19:30 Dec 6, 2009
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Science (general)
Dutch term or phrase: afwijking
In onderstaande tabel worden de resultaten van de PQ activiteiten, welke zijn afgerond tijdens de uitvoering van dit protocol, samengevat. Alle gevonden afwijkingen zijn samengevat weergegeven in de Mancolijst 7.1. Hierin wordt aangegeven of de aangetroffen afwijking is afgewerkt.

Kristische parameters voor de kristallisatie staan dus in de bovenstaande tabel. Afwijkingen in het kristalvolume (te laag) kunnen leiden tot een slecht centrifugeerbare slurry.

De verschillen in de waarden voor de twee kristallisatoren worden veroorzaakt door afwijkingen in de metingen van beide apparatuur, deze afwijkingen zijn wel constant maar hebben een bepaalde offset.

In this context, I'm not certain if afwijking means deviation, aberration or abnormality.
eoneo
deviation
Explanation:
If you deviate from the prescribed quantities, you are asking for trouble. There is nothing aberrant or abnormal to start with.

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If you fail to calibrate your measuring devices, you can deviations in the measured results, etc.

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Whoops! you can GET deviations...etc.
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4 +6deviation
Textpertise
5discrepancy, deviating values, variation, deviations, error
Bryan Crumpler
3 +1anomaly
André Linsen


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
deviation


Explanation:
If you deviate from the prescribed quantities, you are asking for trouble. There is nothing aberrant or abnormal to start with.

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Note added at 18 mins (2009-12-06 19:49:07 GMT)
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If you fail to calibrate your measuring devices, you can deviations in the measured results, etc.

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Note added at 47 mins (2009-12-06 20:18:02 GMT)
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Whoops! you can GET deviations...etc.

Textpertise
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ann Bishop: yep, it's a list of protocol deviations
21 mins
  -> Thanks, Ann.
agree  etienne muylle i wallace
52 mins
  -> Thanks, etienne
agree  Kate Hudson
2 hrs
agree  Ayşen Burcu Bölükbaşı
2 hrs
agree  Andrew Howitt: Deviation - definitely!
3 hrs
agree  Mark Straver
1 day16 hrs
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
anomaly


Explanation:
IMHO not all "afwijkingen" should be translated the same way:
In onderstaande tabel worden de resultaten van de PQ activiteiten, welke zijn afgerond tijdens de uitvoering van dit protocol, samengevat. Alle gevonden afwijkingen "anomalies" zijn samengevat weergegeven in de Mancolijst 7.1. Hierin wordt aangegeven of de aangetroffen afwijking "anomaly" is afgewerkt.

Kristische parameters voor de kristallisatie staan dus in de bovenstaande tabel. Afwijkingen in het kristalvolume "abnormal/unusual crystal volume values" (te laag) kunnen leiden tot een slecht centrifugeerbare slurry.

De verschillen in de waarden voor de twee kristallisatoren worden veroorzaakt door afwijkingen "variations" in de metingen van beide apparatuur, deze afwijkingen "variations" zijn wel constant maar hebben een bepaalde offset

André Linsen
Local time: 09:20
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bryan Crumpler: I agree that it should not be translated the same way... (refer to suggested order proposed below)
4 hrs
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
discrepancy, deviating values, variation, deviations, error


Explanation:
Here you have the phenomenon of where 1 term - given the varied contextshere - mean different things. "Deviations", while correct in the literal sense cannot be applied to all of these sentences.

You *find* [discrepancies] through inspection of the results.
Said discrepancies *are* [deviations] or [deviating values] that *exist*.
[Variations] in *caused* through measurements *lead* to problems (as lipabel suggested)
Said variations are by definition constant, statistical [error].


Basically...

- Alle gevonden afwijkingen zijn samengevat weergegeven in de Mancolijst 7.1.
- All of the discrepancies found are summarized in Mancolijst 7.1

- Hierin wordt aangegeven of de aangetroffen afwijking is afgewerkt.
- The summary indicates whether the deviating values are rounded off.

- Afwijkingen in het kristalvolume (te laag) kunnen leiden tot een slecht centrifugeerbare slurry.
- Variations in the crystal volume (too low) can lead to a poorly centrifugable slurry.

- De verschillen in de waarden voor de twee kristallisatoren worden veroorzaakt door afwijkingen in de metingen van beide apparatuur, deze afwijkingen zijn wel constant....
- The difference in the values for the two crystalizers is caused by deviations in the measurements between both devices. This error, thus, is constant given the fixed offset of each device.

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Apologies for all the typos. I was deleting and retyping and adding etc. and obviously missed a few things.

- "contextshere" => "contexts here"
- "Variations in caused through measurements..." => "Variations in measurements..."

Bryan Crumpler
United States
Local time: 03:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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