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på det andra ögat har hon bara ledsyn

English translation: he just has a bad sight with his other eye

20:22 Feb 22, 2002
Swedish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Swedish term or phrase: på det andra ögat har hon bara ledsyn
regarding surgery
Mary Bradney
English translation:he just has a bad sight with his other eye
Explanation:
HTH,

Serge L.
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Serge L
Local time: 01:50
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Summary of answers provided
3She only has mobility vision in the other eye
edwardPVS
4 -3he just has a bad sight with his other eye
Serge L


  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -3
he just has a bad sight with his other eye


Explanation:
HTH,

Serge L.


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Serge L
Local time: 01:50
PRO pts in pair: 98

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  wikarle (X): "She has only got partial vision on her other eye.." would sound better even though there's a proper medical term for "ledsyn". Can't think of it now, sorry
52 mins
  -> My translation was based in what I found in my Sw-Du dictioniary. Didn't notice the "hon", though.
disagree  shewid: I agree with wikarle. Also, it's not correct to use a/an when using 'sight' to talk about vision. "A bad sight" implies that I see something that looks bad.
9 hrs
disagree  edwardPVS: I agree with my colleagues. Not only a mistranslation but grammatically incorrect as well.
5009 days
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5009 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
She only has mobility vision in the other eye


Explanation:
I have just spent hours researching the term *ledsyn* and haven't found an English term that I'm happy with. The unofficial dictionary of the Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired translates it to *mobility vision*, and although I'm sure that's not an authentic translation, it's the best there is. Google comes up with *locomotor vision*, which not only a mistranslation, it's also a contradiction.


    Reference: http://www.srf.nu/global/infomaterial/srfs-svensk-engelsk-or...
edwardPVS
Local time: 01:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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