Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

informations estimées

English translation:

estimated information/data (as opposed to factual information/data)

Added to glossary by Victoria Porter-Burns
Feb 22, 2008 12:10
16 yrs ago
French term

informations estimées

French to English Science Physics properties of substances
...as opposed to 'informations connues', concerning the possible behaviour of certain substances in certain conditions. Best I can come up with is 'suspected information', which, frankly, sounds ridiculous to me.

Any suggestions much appreciated.

TIA

Proposed translations

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Selected

estimated information/data (as opposed to factual information/data)

Hello,

I'm not liking "assumed/presumed here", even though I see lots of ghits for "known and presumed information." There reason why is because of the context. This is language used during a scientific experiment, and that alone changes things for me. So, in this context, I'd prefer: estimated vs factual information.

In law and law enforcement, you often see "presumed and known information" , but not as much in purely scientific one (you do see it, but not a lot, in my humble opinion). I also see "estimated and factual information" quite often in math, economics and financial contexts.

I don't know why you couldn't say "information" instead of "data" here.

I hope this helps, Victoria.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to all who contributed. I actually went with 'estimated information' in the end (it was definitely more information than data) and I also used your 'factual information' translation, too, Matthew, as opposed to my previous 'known information' translation, so thanks for both!"
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assumed estimated data

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Note added at 2 mins (2008-02-22 12:13:20 GMT)
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please read assumed / estimated
Peer comment(s):

agree B D Finch : Agree with "estimated data"
2 hrs
Thank you.
agree Claire Chapman : w/ estimated data. Personally, I like guesstimate ;-) but we have to be serious here :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guesstimate
5 hrs
Thank you Claire.
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5 mins

estimates

or is there a simpler way of putting it?
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34 mins

extrapolated data

data infered or estimated by extending or projecting known information.
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