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Fotterapi

English translation: Chiropody

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Norwegian term or phrase:Fotterapi
English translation:Chiropody
Entered by: jeffrey engberg

18:53 Apr 23, 2010
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / foot treatment
Norwegian term or phrase: Fotterapi
Pedicure, podiatry, chiropody?
Upper secondary education (Vg3) category and professional title for people who treat feet.
What is the correct educational/professional title for someone who treats feet.
Is a podiatrist a medical doctor specialising in feet?
Pedicurist?
jeffrey engberg
Norway
Local time: 03:31
Chiropody
Explanation:
Having gone to health & beauty college myself and hold a pedicure qualification, I can assure you that the proper term for this is chiropody. A pedicurist takes care of the nails, filing, cuticle treatment, etc in addition to foot massage. A chiropodist (fotpleier) does this as well as removing hard skin, corns, verrrucas and such like. Sometimes this is referred to as 'medisinsk fotpleier' to distinguish between a pedicure/chiropody treatment. A pedicurist is not permitted to do this as it is not covered in their training and involves the use of small knives. VG3 training involves such treatments and is therefore not classified as a pedicure, but chiropody treatment.

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Note added at 16 hrs (2010-04-24 11:21:38 GMT)
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Forgot to mention that fotpleie is a qualification in its own right giving access to membership in the Norsk fotterapeutsforbund. Pedicure training is done in connection beauty training programmes.
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Dawn Nixon
Norway
Local time: 03:31
Grading comment
Between pedicure, chiropody and podiatry, it seems for a vocational education at level VG3 that Chiropody works best.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2Pedicurist/ (Footcare technician)
lingo_montreal
5 +1Chiropody
Dawn Nixon
4 -1Podiatry
Charles Ek


Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Podiatry


Explanation:
Defined this way in the "Fagordliste – Workshop Vg1 Helse- og sosialfag" at the reference link below.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-04-23 20:53:50 GMT)
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Yes, a podiatrist is a foot, ankle and lower leg specialist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podiatry


    Reference: http://www.seeto.no/gem/servlet/getGemObject?id=4092
Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 20:31
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  lingo_montreal: Charles, please see my entry - thanks!
21 mins
  -> I haven't seen any entry here yet?
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Pedicurist/ (Footcare technician)


Explanation:
Please see link below for a good clarification of US/Canadian/UK definitions. In a nutshell, "podiatrist" denotes a medical degree, one obtained following high school and the pre-requisite Bachelor of Science degree, and might entail up to 12 years of study following high school. "Chiropodist" is a lower-level degree. "VG3" is nowhere near medical school level, but more a vocational qualification. I've been to a "fotpleier" in Norway, and I'd say that many estheticians and pedicurists (without necessarily professional training) in North America do the same kind of "footcare" (and even more -- e.g., the basic nail polish or nail decoration at the end of the session) than what some might offer in Norway; so maybe , at most, they might be allowed to be called chiropodists. Absolutely NOT medical "specialists". Perhaps better just to say "footcare technician" to avoid confusion?

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Note added at 9 hrs (2010-04-24 03:56:53 GMT)
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Actually, then, I think Jeffrey's suggestion of "chiropody" might be acceptable. It's more of a vocational training than merely a pedicurist. Seems the logical choice, no?


    Reference: http://www.footdoc.ca/.../Website%20Podiatric%20Medicine.htm
lingo_montreal
Local time: 21:31
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
Notes to answerer
Asker: I have trouble agreeing with Pedicure/Pedicurist, because for me it suggests purely the nail polish and decoration aspect. Still, Statistics Norway uses it (the "official" Norwegian list) and the Lawson list from R-94 also uses it. but what about Chiropody? Does that even exist?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Ek: Thanks for the explication! I realized a while ago that "podiatry" was far too high a level for the Vg3 category, as it is indeed used for medical practice.
21 mins
agree  rajagopalan sampatkumar
8 hrs
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Chiropody


Explanation:
Having gone to health & beauty college myself and hold a pedicure qualification, I can assure you that the proper term for this is chiropody. A pedicurist takes care of the nails, filing, cuticle treatment, etc in addition to foot massage. A chiropodist (fotpleier) does this as well as removing hard skin, corns, verrrucas and such like. Sometimes this is referred to as 'medisinsk fotpleier' to distinguish between a pedicure/chiropody treatment. A pedicurist is not permitted to do this as it is not covered in their training and involves the use of small knives. VG3 training involves such treatments and is therefore not classified as a pedicure, but chiropody treatment.

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Note added at 16 hrs (2010-04-24 11:21:38 GMT)
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Forgot to mention that fotpleie is a qualification in its own right giving access to membership in the Norsk fotterapeutsforbund. Pedicure training is done in connection beauty training programmes.

Dawn Nixon
Norway
Local time: 03:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Between pedicure, chiropody and podiatry, it seems for a vocational education at level VG3 that Chiropody works best.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Goodness how I like this site. We have been arguing this question for 3 years now. SSB, Lawson and Utdir all use pedicure... Now we are getting somewhere. so, A podiatrist is a medical profession, chiropodist is a foot therapist with limited medical treatment skills, and pedicurist is just the aesthetics and superficial treatment. Any objections to the use of Chiropody/Chiropodist anyone? And is chiropody a UK English word, US word or both?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  lingo_montreal: Both US and UK - I now think Dawn's is the best answer.
6 hrs
  -> Thank you and I agree with your last discussion comments :)
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