ne peuvent par eux-mêmes confirmer...

English translation: cannot by themselves confirm/a diagnosis cannot be confirmed on the basis of them alone

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French term or phrase:ne peuvent par eux-mêmes confirmer...
English translation:cannot by themselves confirm/a diagnosis cannot be confirmed on the basis of them alone
Entered by: Rachel Fell

13:09 Aug 9, 2006
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals
French term or phrase: ne peuvent par eux-mêmes confirmer...
L'imagerie par resonance magentique et le tomodensitometre cranien sont utiles pour eliminer la presence d'autres maladies neurodegeneratives, mais ne peuvent pr eux eu-memes confirmer le diagnostic...
Virginia1000
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:05
cannot by themselves confirm - or rephrase
Explanation:
I'd tend to go more for e.g.
a diagnosis cannot be confirmed on the basis of these alone

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Note added at 7 mins (2006-08-09 13:17:43 GMT)
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or of them
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Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:05
Grading comment
Thanks a lot for this answer. Will go for your second choice
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3can not themselves confirm...
Terry Richards
3 +3cannot by themselves confirm - or rephrase
Rachel Fell


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
ne peuvent par eux-memes confirmer...
can not themselves confirm...


Explanation:
The tests are useful to exclude other illnesses but can not themselves confirm the diagnosis.

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Note added at 6 mins (2006-08-09 13:15:52 GMT)
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Oops - dropped a word! can not BY themselves confirm...

Terry Richards
France
Local time: 00:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ford Prefect
1 min

agree  Shaila Kamath
2 mins

agree  Dr Sue Levy (X): cannot by themselves
11 mins
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
ne peuvent par eux-memes confirmer...
cannot by themselves confirm - or rephrase


Explanation:
I'd tend to go more for e.g.
a diagnosis cannot be confirmed on the basis of these alone

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Note added at 7 mins (2006-08-09 13:17:43 GMT)
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or of them

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Thanks a lot for this answer. Will go for your second choice

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dr Sue Levy (X): that's a good alternative
9 mins
  -> Thank you Sue:-)

agree  proteus: yes, "cannot BY themselves confirm..." sounds more correct to me
17 mins
  -> Thank you proteus - I think Terry meant to put by in!

agree  sktrans
18 mins
  -> Thank you sktrans:)
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