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French term

Conor McAuley

France

1264 questions

Prélèvement PCR probatoire statistique

French to English Science Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) Meat used in manufacturing

"Réception MP
Prélèvement PCR probatoire statistique
Plan de contrôle microbiologique strict
Analyses chimiques systématiques
Observation visuelle des matières"

MP = matières premières

Proposed translations (English)

3	Evidential polymerase chain reaction	DLyons
4 +1	random sample for PCR-based testing/authentication	dwt2

Discussion

Conor McAuley (asker) Apr 4, 2016: Yes, we need to defend the French language (and I'm a native English speaker)!
Didier Fourcot Apr 4, 2016: Proper but little used "PCR" is understood and used everywhere in labs, by people who could wonder about "réaction en chaîne par polymérase", although we should show them the way of proper French against their usual jargon
Conor McAuley (asker) Apr 4, 2016: Let's try to speak some proper French eh?
Conor McAuley (asker) Apr 4, 2016: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Réaction_en_chaîne_par_polymér...
dwt2 Apr 4, 2016: To DLyons: Where is the translation of "prélèvement" (i.e. sample) in your version ?
Conor McAuley (asker) Apr 4, 2016: DLyons you were right. Post as an answer if you want the points. Many thanks to all.
abe(L)solano Mar 29, 2016: I think dwt2 is right: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC524170/
Conor McAuley (asker) Mar 29, 2016: Ça me parait plausible. J'ai demandé une réponse au client final, on verra.
Didier Fourcot Mar 29, 2016: Amplification d'ADN pour test statistique PCR c'est une amplification d'ADN, le terme est courant en français http://www.bibliomer.com/documents/fiches/fiche_ensavoirplus... à mon avis on vérifie que l'ADN de la viande reçue correspond à l'étiquette (analyse de spéciation, les cas de fraude au cheval à la place du boeuf sont célèbres) http://agriculture.gouv.fr/viande-de-cheval-dans-des-plats-c... https://fr.vwr.com/store/content/externalContentPage.jsp?pat...
dwt2 Mar 29, 2016: Sounds to me like "random sample for PCR testing" (eg for detecting contamination with unwanted meat species) See http://www.salltd.co.uk/our-services/food-chemistry/meat-spe...
Conor McAuley (asker) Mar 29, 2016: That's Greek to me but a bit further down the text I do have: "Contrôle produit fini Analyse libératoire = PCR & microbio Test organoleptique hebdomadaire Plan de contrôle sécuritaire : histologique... Traçabilité livraison : n° d’abattoir / découpe"
DLyons Mar 29, 2016: Evidential polymerase chain reaction?

Proposed translations

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DLyons

Ireland

4291 answers

Native in English

Works in field

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Evidential polymerase chain reaction

Yes, please - I'll take the points :-)

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "In all fairness, you were in first, after about half an hour it looks like. No confirmation from the end client but this has to be the answer -- nobody wants horse in their shepherd's pie any more! As is more and more often the case, it's a pity French speakers don't just use the very valid French term: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9action_en_cha%C3%AEne_par_polym%C3%A9rase. "

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dwt2

United Kingdom

247 answers

Native in English

Specializes in field

random sample for PCR-based testing/authentication

See my discussion entry and others. PCR = polymerase chain reaction' a well-established technique for DNA identification

Peer comment(s):

agree	philgoddard : It doesn't actually say "random", and I think you have to include "statistical". 4 hrs
	Thanks. I used "random" to replace "statistical" since I think "random sampling" reads better than "statistical sampling" here