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catches pictures

English translation: captures pictures/images

23:29 Apr 8, 2005
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments
English term or phrase: catches pictures
After the intelligent capsule is swallowed by a subject, it travels through the digestive tract by peristaltic waves and concurrently catches pictures of the inner linings of the digestive tract on a real-time basis. Finally the intelligent capsule is excreted naturally via defecation. The intelligent capsule can transmit images via digital signals to the image recorder worn by the subject for recording and storage.

Is the "catches picture" used correctly? See below there is "images".

TIA!!!
Jianming Sun
Local time: 19:21
Selected answer:captures pictures/images
Explanation:
I think "capture" is the word you're looking for here.
Selected response from:

Michael Schubert
United States
Local time: 04:21
Grading comment
Thank you all!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +5captures pictures/images
Michael Schubert
5 +3takes pictures
zorp


Discussion entries: 3





  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
captures pictures/images


Explanation:
I think "capture" is the word you're looking for here.

Michael Schubert
United States
Local time: 04:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you all!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Donahue (X): Capturing images is better.
23 mins
agree  juvera
29 mins
agree  humbird
54 mins
agree  Can Altinbay
1 hr
agree  Balaban Cerit
3 hrs
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
takes pictures


Explanation:


zorp
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Can Altinbay
44 mins
  -> thanks!
agree  Ernesto de Lara
2 hrs
  -> thanks!
agree  Balaban Cerit
2 hrs
  -> thanks!
neutral  Robert Donahue (X): Ordinarily, I'd agree, but in this instance I think "capturing images" is better suited. Tourists take pictures, an intelligent capsule captures images in real time. See the difference?
2 hrs
  -> ok!
neutral  Michael Schubert: "takes pictures" is of course perfectly OK; I suggested "capture" because I presume that's what the author was looking for with "catch"
3 hrs
  -> ok!
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