Spanish: to vs throughEnglish translation: "to" or "-" in scientific papers 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Spanish term or phrase: | "to" vs "through" | | English translation: | "to" or "-" in scientific papers | | Entered by: | Hazel Whiteley |
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Medical - Medical (general) | | Spanish term or phrase: to vs through | I am translating a medical study into US English. In UK English I would translate "1 a 10" as "1 to 10" but in US English there are two possibilities: "1 to 10" and "1 through 10", which I believe mean different things. Which one should I use in this case?
Diferencia de medias (intervalo de confianza del 95%): 4.09(2.41) (3.48 a4.70) |
| | | 3.48 * to * 4.70 | Explanation:
Hi Hazel
Confidence itnervals are always reported with the preposition "to" between the two numbers.
HTH :-)
Elena
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Note added at 12 mins (2004-03-15 15:20:43 GMT)
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....... In scientific papers we use either \"to\" or just a dash between the 2 numbers:
Sgarbossa EB, Pinski SL, Maloney JD. The role of pacing modality in determining long-term survival in the sick sinus syndrome.
Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the atrial-based pacing modalities (\"physiologic pacing\") improve survival when compared with single-chamber ventricular pacing in patients with the sick sinus syndrome. DESIGN: Retrospective, nonrandomized study. SETTING: A tertiary care teaching hospital. PATIENTS: A total of 507 patients with a mean age of 66 years who received an initial pacemaker for the sick sinus syndrome between January 1980 and December 1989. Pacing modes were ventricular (22%), atrial (4%), and dual-chamber (74%). MEASUREMENTS: Total and cardiovascular mortality rates. Mean follow-up was 66 months. RESULTS: Independent predictors of total mortality by the Cox proportional hazards model were 1) New York Heart Association functional class (hazard ratio = 1.67/class; 95% **CI, 1.31 to 2.11** ); 2) age (hazard ratio = 1.62/12-year increment; **CI, 1.28 to 2.05 **); 3) peripheral vascular disease (hazard ratio = 2.21; **CI, 1.42 to 3.42** ); 4) bundle branch block (hazard ratio = 2.04; **CI, 1.33 to 3.13** ); 5) coronary artery disease (hazard ratio = 1.66; **CI, 1.15 to 2.3¨** ); and 6) valvular heart disease (hazard ratio = 1.71; **CI, 1.08 to 2.69** )....
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&d...
Sgarbossa EB, Meyer PM, Pinski SL, Pavlovic-Surjancev B, Barbagelata A, Goodman SG, Lum AS, Underwood DA, Gates KB, Califf RM, Topol EJ, Wagner GS. Negative T waves shortly after ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction are a powerful marker for improved survival rate.
Section of Cardiology, Rush-Presbyterian Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. esgarbos@rush.edu
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have reported that negative T waves in the setting of acute coronary events are associated with Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction flow grade 3 in the infarct-related artery and with improved parameters of ventricular function rather than with ischemia. METHODS: Patients enrolled in the Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO-I) angiographic substudy (ie, patients with acute infarction randomly assigned to one of 4 thrombolytic regimens who then underwent coronary angiography) were included in this study if they survived at least 24 hours and had no confounding electrocardiographic factors (n = 1505). RESULTS: More patients had negative T waves develop (NT group, n = 938 [62%]) than not (PT group, n = 567 [38%]). Peak creatine kinase MB, time to thrombolysis, and randomization to accelerated alteplase were no different between the groups. Thirty days after admission, 12 patients in the NT group had died versus 25 patients in the PT group (1.3% vs. 4.4%; P <.001; odds ratio for negative T waves 0.28; 95% confidence interval ** 0.14-0.56 **)...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&d...
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xxxElena Sgarbo
United States
| Note from asker to answerer| 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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5 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): -1 |
| 1 through 10
Explanation:
As far as I am concerned there is no difference, but we Americans always like to say "1 through 10", just to be sure there is no doubt that 10 is included.
"1 a 10" is always used in Spanish and means the same, and I always translate it "1 through 10"
Exp.
| Henry Hinds
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of:  English, Spanish
PRO pts in category: 445
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3 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +5 |
| 3.48 * to * 4.70
Explanation:
Hi Hazel
Confidence itnervals are always reported with the preposition "to" between the two numbers.
HTH :-)
Elena
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Note added at 12 mins (2004-03-15 15:20:43 GMT)
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....... In scientific papers we use either \"to\" or just a dash between the 2 numbers:
Sgarbossa EB, Pinski SL, Maloney JD. The role of pacing modality in determining long-term survival in the sick sinus syndrome.
Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the atrial-based pacing modalities (\"physiologic pacing\") improve survival when compared with single-chamber ventricular pacing in patients with the sick sinus syndrome. DESIGN: Retrospective, nonrandomized study. SETTING: A tertiary care teaching hospital. PATIENTS: A total of 507 patients with a mean age of 66 years who received an initial pacemaker for the sick sinus syndrome between January 1980 and December 1989. Pacing modes were ventricular (22%), atrial (4%), and dual-chamber (74%). MEASUREMENTS: Total and cardiovascular mortality rates. Mean follow-up was 66 months. RESULTS: Independent predictors of total mortality by the Cox proportional hazards model were 1) New York Heart Association functional class (hazard ratio = 1.67/class; 95% **CI, 1.31 to 2.11** ); 2) age (hazard ratio = 1.62/12-year increment; **CI, 1.28 to 2.05 **); 3) peripheral vascular disease (hazard ratio = 2.21; **CI, 1.42 to 3.42** ); 4) bundle branch block (hazard ratio = 2.04; **CI, 1.33 to 3.13** ); 5) coronary artery disease (hazard ratio = 1.66; **CI, 1.15 to 2.3¨** ); and 6) valvular heart disease (hazard ratio = 1.71; **CI, 1.08 to 2.69** )....
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&d...
Sgarbossa EB, Meyer PM, Pinski SL, Pavlovic-Surjancev B, Barbagelata A, Goodman SG, Lum AS, Underwood DA, Gates KB, Califf RM, Topol EJ, Wagner GS. Negative T waves shortly after ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction are a powerful marker for improved survival rate.
Section of Cardiology, Rush-Presbyterian Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. esgarbos@rush.edu
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have reported that negative T waves in the setting of acute coronary events are associated with Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction flow grade 3 in the infarct-related artery and with improved parameters of ventricular function rather than with ischemia. METHODS: Patients enrolled in the Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO-I) angiographic substudy (ie, patients with acute infarction randomly assigned to one of 4 thrombolytic regimens who then underwent coronary angiography) were included in this study if they survived at least 24 hours and had no confounding electrocardiographic factors (n = 1505). RESULTS: More patients had negative T waves develop (NT group, n = 938 [62%]) than not (PT group, n = 567 [38%]). Peak creatine kinase MB, time to thrombolysis, and randomization to accelerated alteplase were no different between the groups. Thirty days after admission, 12 patients in the NT group had died versus 25 patients in the PT group (1.3% vs. 4.4%; P <.001; odds ratio for negative T waves 0.28; 95% confidence interval ** 0.14-0.56 **)...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&d...
| xxxElena Sgarbo
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  Spanish
PRO pts in category: 744
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