Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
specialité couteuse chirurgie
English translation:
high-cost specialist surgery
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Transitwrite
Jul 23, 2010 11:47
14 yrs ago
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French term
specialité couteuse chirurgie
French to English
Medical
Medical: Health Care
This is on a hospital invoice, and I've neve seen it before. I'm not sure what the English equivalent would be. Because it's an invoice, there is no other context. Thanks in advance!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | high-cost specialist surgery |
Transitwrite
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| 4 | specialized expensive surgery |
Sylvie Chartier
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| 3 | expensive procedure/specialty surgery |
Drmanu49
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| 2 | surgery - costly service/operation |
mimi 254
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Change log
Jul 25, 2010 18:12: Transitwrite Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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36 mins
Transitwrite
France
France
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high-cost specialist surgery
This is how I would translate the term .
Peer comment(s):
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SJLD
: certainly "cost" is the word to use in this context - and it is not necessarily the patient who bears the extra cost
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Thanks SJLD
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Catherine Gilsenan
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Thanks Catherine
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Comment: "Thank you!"
6 mins
expensive procedure/specialty surgery
IMO
might mean not reimbursed by health insurance
might mean not reimbursed by health insurance
13 mins
Sylvie Chartier
Canada
Canada
Native in French
Works in field
Canada
30+ years experience, Trados user
Native in: French (Variants: Canadian, Standard-France) 
Works in: English to French, French
specialized expensive surgery
My suggestion
38 mins
surgery - costly service/operation
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