en désespoir de cause

English translation: as a last resort

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French term or phrase:	en désespoir de cause
English translation:	as a last resort
Entered by:	Jason Willis-Lee

09:05 Sep 5, 2008

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care

French term or phrase: en désespoir de cause

Slow and fast insulin release analogues for type 2 diabetes...TIA, Jason.

baisse de la glycemie correct, meme mieux (à voir par moi meme ). Prix plus bas, durée d'utilisation moins longue.
**en désespoir de cause**
pour le diabète de type 2 l'insulinothérapie reste un pis-aller

Jason Willis-Lee KudoZ activity Questions: 1150 (1 open) (2 without valid answers) (30 closed without grading) Answers: 114 Spain
Local time: 06:41

as a last resort

Explanation:
"En désespoir de cause" means if no other solution is available.

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Pis-aller (great word!) has a similar meaning:
http://lemotdujour.over-blog.com/article-16662.html

Le mot du jour est pis-aller
n.m. inv.
Solution à laquelle il faut recourir, faute de mieux.

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Is this a transcript of a patient's comments? If it is how about "If I've no other choice" which leaves you free to use "a last resort" for pis-aller.

Selected response from:

Sandra Petch
Local time: 06:41

Grading comment

Thanks Sandra...
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +8

as a last resort

Sandra Petch

as a last resort

Invalides (X)

if there is no other alternative

Drmanu49

Summary of reference entries provided

SJLD

Answers

3 hrs confidence:

as a last resort

Explanation:
one cannot use the word "despair" in a medical document - and the inner meaning is "as a last resort".

Invalides (X)
France
Local time: 06:41
Native speaker of:

English

15 mins confidence:

if there is no other alternative

Explanation:
IMO

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8 Nov 2007 ... Some alternative biologic forms of treatment have been used and are .... therapy as the last alternative before amputation were healed, ...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/563656

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SJLD supported my initial answer which included "as a last resource" as the second option.

Alcohol-Drug-Treatment provides alcohol and drug treatment referrals to private ... recommend outpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation as a last resource. ...
www.alcohol-drug-treatment.com/ - 14k

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 06:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 736

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

as a last resort

Sandra Petch
Local time: 06:41
Native speaker of:

English

Grading comment

Thanks Sandra...

Reference comments

9 mins peer agreement (net): +3

Reference

Reference information:
Regarding confusion between "resort" and "resource":

http://books.google.com/books?id=Z4HI0RQIDK0C&pg=RA2-PA499&l...

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in the last resort
as a last resource

SJLD
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 345

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)

agree

writeaway: seems the reason for your explanation has been hidden and replaced by a new answer without the English language error

31 mins

-> in fact Manu had written "as a last resource", which is correct

neutral

Sandra Petch: My Merriam-Websters gives "as a last resort" and "as a last resource." / Possibly although I am GB and have always said and heard "as a last resort" - "resource" is new to me in this context and seemingly equally correct.

2 hrs

-> I guess that's American then - exactly, everyone says "as a last resort" but "as a last resource" is not only not wrong, it's more correct - or was once upon a time (Fowler's was once my bible for medical paper writing - shows how last century I am ;-))

agree

Angela Dickson (X): interesting, thanks - not sure that usage is as 'modern' as all that, though.

3 hrs

-> poor old Fowler ;-)

agree

Drmanu49: Thank you for claryfying that!

4 hrs

-> my pleasure :-)

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