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n'était pratiquement pas existante avant

English translation: which is virtually new


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French term or phrase:n\'était pratiquement pas existante avant
English translation:which is virtually new
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French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals
French term or phrase: n'était pratiquement pas existante avant
Le médicament apporte une approche qui n'était pratiquement pas existante avant.
Nancy Lynn Bogar
Canada
Local time: 00:27
which is virtually new.
Explanation:
it is innovative and essentially entirely new.
(rather convoluted in the original and clearly an attempt to say it is entirely original but not absolutely so.....)
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Michael Lotz
United States
Local time: 00:27
Grading comment
thanks everyone!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4which is virtually new.
Michael Lotz
4 +2was to all intents and purposes inexistent until nowmediamatrix
5which, previously,was practically non-existent
ACOZ
4 +1was previously non-existent
jmleger
4was almost not existing beforeZoubida Hamdaoui
3(which) practically did not exist before
Travelin Ann


Discussion entries: 2





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
was almost not existing before


Explanation:
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Zoubida Hamdaoui
Spain
Local time: 06:27
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lionel_M
28 mins
agree  Verginia Ophof: was almost non-existent before
42 mins
disagree  mediamatrix: Things cannot 'almost' exist. 'To be or not to be' - that was the question; not 'to almost be or not almost be' (or 'to almost be or almost not be').
56 mins
neutral  philgoddard: mediamatrix is right!
59 mins
disagree  ACOZ: It would have to be "non-existent". "Was not existing" is not English.
1 hr
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
which is virtually new.


Explanation:
it is innovative and essentially entirely new.
(rather convoluted in the original and clearly an attempt to say it is entirely original but not absolutely so.....)

Michael Lotz
United States
Local time: 00:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 174
Grading comment
thanks everyone!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Simon Charass
6 mins
  -> thanks Simon
neutral  mediamatrix: But surely it could be a very old approach, known about for ages, but which is only now being brought into use.// In a word: yes!
9 mins
  -> "pratiquement pas existante avant":Does that sound like something that existed, let alone be known for ages before ??
agree  philgoddard
58 mins
  -> merci Phil
agree  Dr D Jones
8 hrs
  -> thanks Dr D Jones
agree  Joanne Archambault: nice choice of words!
18 hrs
  -> thanks Joanne !
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
was previously non-existent


Explanation:
another way to put it.

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Note added at 22 mins (2009-11-03 22:28:42 GMT)
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virtually non-existent

jmleger
United States
Local time: 23:27
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John Detre: agree with "virtually non-existent"
19 mins
disagree  mediamatrix: 'previously non-existent' is clearly wrong here. What happened to 'pratiquement'? Doesn't that imply that it *was* previously existent?
38 mins
agree  Anne-Marie Grant: I would agree with virtually non-existent
16 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
(which) practically did not exist before


Explanation:
a possibility

Travelin Ann
United States
Local time: 00:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
which, previously,was practically non-existent


Explanation:
Or, if you dislike the idea of sthg being practically non-existent because it either is or isn't, you could change this to :

which was almost never used before / which was very seldom used in the past


ACOZ
Australia
Local time: 15:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 13
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
was to all intents and purposes inexistent until now


Explanation:
The source text clearly recognises that 'the approach' *did* exist in the past, but it is saying that it might just as well have not existed in view of the little use that had been made of it until now.


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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-11-04 00:27:27 GMT)
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mediamatrix
Chile
Local time: 02:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Helen Genevier
7 hrs
agree  Victoria Burns
8 hrs
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