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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care | | Spanish term or phrase: alacranismo | On a sign in front of a community meeting center about an upcoming health information meeting: "Se darán temas como: Hipertension, Diabetes, Alacranismo...."
Is "scorpionism" really the best translation for this? It's not a word that's in my dictionary. Is there a better English equivalent?
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| BrettMNNot a translatorKudoZ activityQuestions: 54 (none open) ( 1 closed without grading) Answers: 32
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| | scorpion envenomation | Explanation:
"Scorpionism" is correct (by analogy with other envenomation syndromes, such as "latrodectism", "araneism" etc.) but it is a very unusual term. I'd go with something less esoteric.
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Note added at 4 mins (2011-03-25 20:40:14 GMT)
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Scorpion Envenomation: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/168230-overview
Clinical manifestations and management of scorpion envenomation
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10444963
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Note added at 6 mins (2011-03-25 20:42:20 GMT)
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Perhaps even "scorpion stings", in light of the context (community health action) |
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 fvasconcellos
Brazil
Local time: 04:50
| Grading comment While I agree that "scorpion stings" is a simpler translation more fitting for a sign, this one is the true name of the disease that results from the stings. Maybe if it were more common in the English-speaking world, we'd have a simpler term for it! Thank you both.
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3 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +3 scorpion envenomation
Explanation:
"Scorpionism" is correct (by analogy with other envenomation syndromes, such as "latrodectism", "araneism" etc.) but it is a very unusual term. I'd go with something less esoteric.
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Note added at 4 mins (2011-03-25 20:40:14 GMT)
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Scorpion Envenomation: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/168230-overview
Clinical manifestations and management of scorpion envenomation
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10444963
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Note added at 6 mins (2011-03-25 20:42:20 GMT)
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Perhaps even "scorpion stings", in light of the context (community health action)
| fvasconcellos
Brazil
Local time: 04:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  English, Portuguese
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| | Grading comment | While I agree that "scorpion stings" is a simpler translation more fitting for a sign, this one is the true name of the disease that results from the stings. Maybe if it were more common in the English-speaking world, we'd have a simpler term for it! Thank you both. |
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