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condamnés à court terme

English translation: little hope of survival


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French term or phrase:condamnés à court terme
English translation:little hope of survival
Entered by: Joanne Archambault
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11:04 Jan 20, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care
French term or phrase: condamnés à court terme
I found many examples of this expression in French, but I can't quite come up with the appropriate EN expression.

Context is trauma related to motorcycle accidents...

Egalement, le port obligatoire du casque, la rapidité des secours et les progrès de la réanimation ont amélioré de façon notable le pronostic vital de ces polytraumatisés qui étaient autrefois **condamnés à court terme**.
Joanne Archambault
United States
Local time: 20:45
little hope of survival
Explanation:
patients who die shortly after their diagnosis

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Note added at 27 mins (2011-01-20 11:32:12 GMT)
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sentence: multiple trauma victims faced little hope of survival
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Maureen Olesen
Germany
Local time: 02:45
Grading comment
your suggestion worked perfectly! Many thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +7little hope of survival
Maureen Olesen
4with a very poor outlook for short-term survival
SJLD
4with a short life expectancy
Drmanu49
3who would otherwise meet/encouter death shortlyxxxR.C.
3no hope of recovery in the short term
Alain Mouchel


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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
little hope of survival


Explanation:
patients who die shortly after their diagnosis

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Note added at 27 mins (2011-01-20 11:32:12 GMT)
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sentence: multiple trauma victims faced little hope of survival

Maureen Olesen
Germany
Local time: 02:45
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
your suggestion worked perfectly! Many thanks.
Notes to answerer
Asker: I like the wording!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SJLD: I like that
25 mins
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agree  Anne R
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agree  Nils Andersson
36 mins
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agree  bl1
1 hr
  -> thanks :)
agree  Layla de Chabot
1 hr
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agree  Rachel Fell: neat :-)
2 hrs
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agree  mimi 254
2 hrs
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
no hope of recovery in the short term


Explanation:
patiens who used to have no hope of recovery in the short term.

Alain Mouchel
Local time: 02:45
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 7
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
with a short life expectancy


Explanation:
9 Mar 2006 ... I'd guess that that knocks a couple of years off life expectancy. ... Answer 1) Based on USA nationwide street motorcycle crash data, ...
answers.google.com/answers/.../705626.html

Drmanu49
Local time: 02:45
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Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 484
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
with a very poor outlook for short-term survival


Explanation:
... for whom the outlook for/chances of short-term survival was/were once very/extremely poor

SJLD
Local time: 02:45
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
who would otherwise meet/encouter death shortly


Explanation:
I like the way it flows...

xxxR.C.
Local time: 02:45
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: Italian
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