tracé

English translation: tracing

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French term or phrase:tracé
English translation:tracing
Entered by: Denise Pavao

17:08 Nov 11, 2015
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Holter monitor report
French term or phrase: tracé
Hello everyone. I hope I haven't overlooked this term, in this context, in the term search.

I'm translating a Holter Monitor report and tracé occurs frequently.:

Tracé d'une durée de 47 heures 13 minutes. Tracé de bonne qualité.

Absence de tachyarhythmie significative sur ce tracé.

I'm hoping you'll share with me your preferred term for tracé in this context. I've come across plot, graph, strip, histogram, and I'm not sure which is best.

Thank you!
Denise
Denise Pavao
United States
Local time: 11:03
tracing
Explanation:
You can find plenty of references for Holter monitor tracing. In this context it is a generic and idiomatic term in medicine derived from the recording methods of the original machines. Of course today everything is electronic so it actually a virtual tracing but the nomenclature persists.

http://www.researchgate.net/figure/22470934_fig2_Figure-1-Ho...

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I would not place any importance on whether or not the strip is actually printed out. It's like dialling a telephone number. It is still called dialing even though buttons are pushed or images of numbers are tapped.

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To asker: Review two or three hundred tracings and before long the word will feel perfectly natural. ;-)
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Michael Barnett
Local time: 11:03
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Thanks so much for your help Michael. I'm already warming up to the term "tracing!"
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5tracing
Michael Barnett
4recording
Gabrielle Leyden


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
recording


Explanation:
In this context, I think you'd simply use "recording:" a 47-hour-13-minute recording of good quality. Each separate line or plot is a tracing (ekg tracings, eeg tracings, etc.)

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"enregistrement" can be the verb "to record, recording" or the result. Tracing is the result (the linear plot). Strip refers to the type of output (a strip of paper), so by extension it could be understood as the tracing/recording itself. Depending on the context, you should be able to choose which term is more appropriate when! Have fun!


    Reference: http://www.practicalclinicalskills.com/ekg-interpretation.as...
Gabrielle Leyden
Belgium
Local time: 16:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 130
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Gabrielle. However, the author of the report regularly uses "enregistrement" for "recording." That being said, the link you sent me uses "tracings" and "strips" to refer to the actual results that are printed out. I'm going to see if anyone else jumps in here. Thanks again!

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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
tracing


Explanation:
You can find plenty of references for Holter monitor tracing. In this context it is a generic and idiomatic term in medicine derived from the recording methods of the original machines. Of course today everything is electronic so it actually a virtual tracing but the nomenclature persists.

http://www.researchgate.net/figure/22470934_fig2_Figure-1-Ho...

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Note added at 12 hrs (2015-11-12 06:07:03 GMT)
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I would not place any importance on whether or not the strip is actually printed out. It's like dialling a telephone number. It is still called dialing even though buttons are pushed or images of numbers are tapped.

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Note added at 21 hrs (2015-11-12 14:21:20 GMT)
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To asker: Review two or three hundred tracings and before long the word will feel perfectly natural. ;-)

Michael Barnett
Local time: 11:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 733
Grading comment
Thanks so much for your help Michael. I'm already warming up to the term "tracing!"
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Michael. After continuing my research last night I eventually decided on "tracing," but it still sounded a little odd to my ear. Thanks for responding to my question.

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