känningar (epilepsy)

English translation: episodes

22:23 May 4, 2006
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
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Swedish term or phrase: känningar (epilepsy)
from a novel. the character has epilepsy...

när hon fått reda på att jag haft en del känningar under hösten.

petit mal?
tremors?
auras?
tremor attacks?
slight attacks?
slight cases...
symptoms?
warning signs?

anybody know of an everyday generic way to say this in english? preferably not a technical/ medical sounding term? something that a brother or sister of an epileptic would use to describe them?
lo nathamundi
United States
Local time: 13:01
English translation:episodes
Explanation:
"känningar" is a vague expression that may be applied to many different illnesses, so maybe you should choose a correspondingly neutral English word. If the illness is epilepsy, it is also possible that the patient does not want to be too specific about it.
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asptech
Local time: 22:01
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4 +1episodes
asptech
4pre attack feeling; pre-attack symptoms; pre-attack signs
Sven Petersson


  

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pre attack feeling; pre-attack symptoms; pre-attack signs


Explanation:
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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-05-05 04:36:51 GMT)
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OOPS!
Please read: "pre-attack feeling; pre-attack symptoms; pre-attack signs"

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 22:01
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
episodes


Explanation:
"känningar" is a vague expression that may be applied to many different illnesses, so maybe you should choose a correspondingly neutral English word. If the illness is epilepsy, it is also possible that the patient does not want to be too specific about it.

asptech
Local time: 22:01
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 26

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agree  arvendal: I agree on the necessity of a vague expression
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