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Was für den Arzt das Blutbild, ist für den Zahnarzt der Speicheltest

English translation: the blood count is to a phyisician what a saliva test is to a dentist

17:59 Aug 7, 2006
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German term or phrase: Was für den Arzt das Blutbild, ist für den Zahnarzt der Speicheltest
Was für den Arzt das Blutbild, ist für den Zahnarzt der Speicheltest.
Danke für ihre Hilfe.
Martin
English translation:the blood count is to a phyisician what a saliva test is to a dentist
Explanation:
not that any of it makes much sense....
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Jonathan MacKerron
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2 +6the blood count is to a phyisician what a saliva test is to a dentist
Jonathan MacKerron


  

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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +6
was für den..., ist für den
the blood count is to a phyisician what a saliva test is to a dentist


Explanation:
not that any of it makes much sense....

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 76
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters
54 mins
agree  Lancashireman: Or “What a blood count is to a doctor, a saliva test is to a dentist.”
1 hr
agree  Gert Sass (M.A.): with Andrew
1 hr
agree  Erik Freitag
5 hrs
agree  Barbara Schmidt-Runkel (X): Better: "A saliva test is to a dentist what a blood count is to a doctor." Object fronting doesn't work nearly as well in English as it does in German. So I would write it as a subject-verb-object sentence.
12 hrs
agree  Rebecca Garber: w/ Barbara, esp if the text is promoting saliva tests.
18 hrs
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