Car, chez l’homme

English translation: Because, as far as human beings are concerned ...

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French term or phrase:	Car, chez l’homme
English translation:	Because, as far as human beings are concerned ...
Entered by:	R.J.Chadwick (X)

18:18 Aug 9, 2002

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical

French term or phrase: Car, chez l’homme

In a book about Health: Teh sentence goes like this:

"Car, chez l’homme, les enfants souffrant de cette anomalie ont tous les signes cliniques de sénescence”

clara

Because, as far as human beings are concerned ...

Explanation:
That's how I might put it.

"L'homme" meaning "the human species" may still be acceptable in France. (The foremost journal of anthropology still calls itself "L'Homme") But in anglo-saxon countries the word "man" used in this sense is under a bit of a cloud. The journal that previously called itself "Man" and the one that used to call itself "Mankind" have both changed their names to something else.

If you wanted to keep the word "man" in this context it would now sound quaint (or worse) to the kind of people who decide these things.

But your phrase would still sound best (to my ears) if you said: "As far as X is concerned". Because there is an implied contrast with other species.

Selected response from:

R.J.Chadwick (X)
Local time: 06:04

Grading comment

Thank you to all those who contributed with this answer. This sounds like the most appropriate answer since there is a comparison between mice and human beings. The text refers to experiments done to modify mice's chromosomes. This caused premature aging in mice. Then, there is a comparison with children who suffer from Down's syndrome --which is also a natural modification of chromosomes, and how they also show signs of senescense.

Clara
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +6

for, in humans, the children

DPolice

5 +3

in humans

Peter Bagney

5 +2

""As or for or because...... in man

Deborah James

4 +2

Because for the human race ..

Francis MARC

4 +2

For, in the human species, children show all the signs of.....

Jean-Luc Dumont

5 +1

Because, as far as human beings are concerned ...

R.J.Chadwick (X)

4 +1

It depends...

Libero_Lang_Lab

as for the male sex

ashiq mangel

Answers

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

in humans

Explanation:
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Note added at 2002-08-10 09:58:56 (GMT)
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The sentence would therefore start: Since in humans, children...

Peter Bagney
Spain
Local time: 00:04
PRO pts in pair: 219

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Because for the human race ..

Explanation:
direct translation

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 01:04
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in pair: 6500

26 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

for, in humans, the children

Explanation:
car = conjunction of coordination

DPolice
Local time: 00:04
PRO pts in pair: 454

38 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

For, in the human species, children show all the signs of.....

Explanation:
In the human species, however, children show all the signs of.....

depending on context

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Note added at 2002-08-09 18:57:27 (GMT)
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For, in the human species, children who suffer from that deficiency show all the signs of

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abnormality for anomalie - see context

Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 00:04
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 1108

52 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

""As or for or because...... in man

Explanation:
There is no need to refere to the human race. It is customary to state in man, which means..other than all other mammalian species.Man refering also to plural.
e.g. modern man = member of Homo sapiens

Id go for

Because,in man

Deborah James
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:04
PRO pts in pair: 36

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

It depends...

Explanation:
If this is contrasting the behaviour of human infants with the young of other species then you could say it like this:

Because human children/infants suffering from this condition....

Or if it is not, and the preceding passage is also about human behaviour/health, then why not just simplify it as follows:

Because infants/children suffering from this condition....

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Try to put the emphasis on what sound most natural in English, even if it means expressing in one word what the French says in five!

Libero_Lang_Lab
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:04
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 102

8 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Because, as far as human beings are concerned ...

R.J.Chadwick (X)
Local time: 06:04
PRO pts in pair: 71

Grading comment

19 hrs confidence:

as for the male sex

Explanation:
as for the male sex, children.....
or
as far as the male sex in concerned
this is the way i understand the sentence and it also makes sense with the rest of the sentence

ashiq mangel
Pakistan
Local time: 03:04
PRO pts in pair: 30

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