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long sentence

English translation: several shorter sentences

05:03 Aug 9, 2001
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical
German term or phrase: long sentence
I am having trouble with the following sentence because of its length and grammatical structure. I'm not sure whether something has been missed out but would appreciate any help with translating it. The subject of the text is hormone therapy in andropausal men.
"Da im Mittelpunkt der hormonellen Defizite der Testosteronmangel steht, dieser am besten charakterisiert ist, langjährige Erfahrung in der Substitution des männlichen Hypogonadismus mit Testosteron besteht und auch die größte Erfahrung in der Therapie des älteren Mannes mit Testosteron vorliegt, steht diese Therapie ganz im Vordergrund."
Julie Neill, BA (Hons), MCIL, MITI
Spain
Local time: 21:46
English translation:several shorter sentences
Explanation:
Because hormone deficiency focuses primarily on a decrease in testosterone, this decrease has been evaluated more thoroughly than other hormonal imbalances. Furthermore, long-term experience has been gained in testosterone replacement for the treatment of hypogonadism, and the majority of that experience has involved testosterone replacement therapy for older male patients. For these reasons, this therapy will remain in the forefront ...

This is how I understand the passage. The best idea may be to break the sentence up into several shorter sentences. I'm sure you can find the best formulation.

HTH!

Ref: http://www.aace.com/clin/guides/hypogonadism.html
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Beth Kantus
United States
Local time: 15:46
Grading comment
Thanks - a very helpful answer.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
na +2several shorter sentences
Beth Kantus
naThe sentence means the following ...
Dagmar Drews-Müller (X)


  

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57 mins
The sentence means the following ...


Explanation:
"Da im Mittelpunkt der hormonellen Defizite der Testosteronmangel steht,
da dieser am besten charakterisiert ist, da langjährige Erfahrung ... besteht und da auch die größte Erfahrung ... vorliegt, steht diese Therapie ganz im Vordergrund."

I hope this helps.


    native German
Dagmar Drews-Müller (X)
Local time: 21:46
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 15
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2 hrs peer agreement (net): +2
several shorter sentences


Explanation:
Because hormone deficiency focuses primarily on a decrease in testosterone, this decrease has been evaluated more thoroughly than other hormonal imbalances. Furthermore, long-term experience has been gained in testosterone replacement for the treatment of hypogonadism, and the majority of that experience has involved testosterone replacement therapy for older male patients. For these reasons, this therapy will remain in the forefront ...

This is how I understand the passage. The best idea may be to break the sentence up into several shorter sentences. I'm sure you can find the best formulation.

HTH!

Ref: http://www.aace.com/clin/guides/hypogonadism.html

Beth Kantus
United States
Local time: 15:46
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 924
Grading comment
Thanks - a very helpful answer.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Johanna Timm, PhD: superb!
8 hrs
agree  Uschi (Ursula) Walke: yes superb, but somebody is pulling julie's leg. the original is a machine- or otherwise bad translation into German.
12 hrs
  -> how can you be so sure of that? and even if you are right, what exactly should Julie or anyone do about it?
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