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habileté visio-motrice

English translation: ocular motor skill

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French term or phrase:habileté visio-motrice
English translation:ocular motor skill
Entered by: Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.

18:13 May 24, 2002
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical
French term or phrase: habileté visio-motrice
habileté requise pour manipuler et calibrer avec précision différents appareils mécaniques et électroniques
Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.
Canada
Local time: 19:38
ocular motor skills / abilities
Explanation:
Hello Lise, as in the ref. below:

skill is developed in infancy and refined through the early years. Ocular motor
skills are the neuro-muscular control skills developed to point the visual ...
www.covd.org/art/visionskills.html - 14

I hope it helps :-)
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JH Trads
United States
Local time: 19:38
Grading comment
Thank you Hugo. I think this is a safe translation, although visiomotor might also be appropriate.
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Summary of answers provided
4ocular motor skills / abilities
JH Trads
4visiomotor skills
Patricia Rolland
4hand-eye co-ordination
Gillian Hargreaves (X)
2visual-motor skills
ydmills


  

Answers


36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ocular motor skills / abilities


Explanation:
Hello Lise, as in the ref. below:

skill is developed in infancy and refined through the early years. Ocular motor
skills are the neuro-muscular control skills developed to point the visual ...
www.covd.org/art/visionskills.html - 14

I hope it helps :-)

JH Trads
United States
Local time: 19:38
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 673
Grading comment
Thank you Hugo. I think this is a safe translation, although visiomotor might also be appropriate.
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
visiomotor skills


Explanation:
I found this term and wonder whether this would be appropriate in your context. Good luck.

...assessment and intervention model to promote the integrated use of vision and visiomotor skills...


    Reference: http://www.tr.wou.edu/dblink/data/titleList.htm
Patricia Rolland
Local time: 13:38
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 18
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
visual-motor skills


Explanation:
simply as a comparison with 'audio-visual skills' - but I have to say I'm not sure.....

ydmills
France
Local time: 01:38
PRO pts in pair: 36
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2 days 14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hand-eye co-ordination


Explanation:
Is this not the same thing?

Gillian Hargreaves (X)
Local time: 00:38
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 575
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