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sommative

English translation: summary

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French term or phrase:sommative
English translation:summary
Entered by: Linda Young (X)

14:11 May 20, 2002
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Nuclear Eng/Sci / nuclear
French term or phrase: sommative
The sentence is modification du chapitre evaluation sommative.

I have used summary, but I am not sure if this is okay.
Any ideas?
Linda Young (X)
Local time: 14:47
modification of the evaluation summary chapter
Explanation:
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RHELLER
United States
Local time: 06:47
Grading comment
Thanks so much for your help. There are days that we seem to think the word is right, and then put ourselves in doubt.
Regards
Linda
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Summary of answers provided
5additional
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
4modification of the evaluation summary chapter
RHELLER
1...summative evaluation
Sara Freitas


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
modification of the evaluation summary chapter


Explanation:
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    Reference: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/thesaurus?book=Thesaurus&va=summa...
RHELLER
United States
Local time: 06:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thanks so much for your help. There are days that we seem to think the word is right, and then put ourselves in doubt.
Regards
Linda
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
additional


Explanation:
sommatif DOES NOT MEAN SUMMARY

SOMMAIRE = SUMMARY VERB AND ADJECTIVE

SOMMATIF COMES FROM SOMMATION AND MEANS ACTION DE SOMMER or action d'effectuer une somme

jUST A COMMENT: This kind of question sometimes bothers me because this is obviously a para-technical test and it's easy to misread....

The translation might be something like:
Modification of the evaluation chapter addendum

IE The chapter on evaluation was added
at a later date: It was an addendum, it was added on.....

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
...summative evaluation


Explanation:
Just a thought...summative evaluation is a term I know when used in social sciences...on a whim I entered an AllTheWeb search and found 823 hits with the words summative and nuclear...but not being an expert in the nuclear field I have no idea if it is relevant...

Sara Freitas
France
Local time: 14:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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