Sep 18, 2005 10:45
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Italian term
unità codificanti
Italian to English
Science
Genetics
guidelines for genetic testing
This is the ST:
Il patrimonio genetico (genoma) di un individuo e' costituito da acido desossiribonucleico (DNA), organizzato in **unità codificanti (geni)** e da regioni non codificanti ed ordinato in strutture (cromosomi), di numero e forma caratteristici per ogni specie.
This is my translation:
The genetic make-up (genome) of an individual is made of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) organized into **coding fragments (genes)** and non coding regions, and arrayed along structures (chromosomes) the number and shape of which are specific to each species.
I translated **unità codificanti** as *coding fragments* since *coding units* means something else; is this acceptable ?
Thanks!
Il patrimonio genetico (genoma) di un individuo e' costituito da acido desossiribonucleico (DNA), organizzato in **unità codificanti (geni)** e da regioni non codificanti ed ordinato in strutture (cromosomi), di numero e forma caratteristici per ogni specie.
This is my translation:
The genetic make-up (genome) of an individual is made of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) organized into **coding fragments (genes)** and non coding regions, and arrayed along structures (chromosomes) the number and shape of which are specific to each species.
I translated **unità codificanti** as *coding fragments* since *coding units* means something else; is this acceptable ?
Thanks!
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | coding fragments is ok |
Alfredo Tutino
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| 4 +1 | coding units |
David Van der Vloet
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Change log
Sep 18, 2005 10:46: Linda 969 changed "Language pair" from "English" to "Italian to English"
Proposed translations
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Italian term (edited):
unit� codificanti
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coding fragments is ok
and "coding sequences" might be even better
We're not speaking of codons or coding units (i.e. triplets) but of introns - i.e. coding sequences interspersed among non-coding sequences (exons).
In fact, I'd quibble with "units" in the original - even when there is an intron for a single protein domain, it is a bit of a stretch to call it "an unit", IMHO;
and I prefer sequence to fragment because the translated intron sequence will became a part (a fragment) of the mature m-RNA indeed, but only after a maturing process that may in fact cut away some part of the intron too.
You should stick to "coding units" only if you really really dislike "improving the original... :-)
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Note added at 3 hrs 12 mins (2005-09-18 13:58:33 GMT)
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The fact that it's not codons but introns is made clear by "geni" as synonim in brackets - which if not exact is at least acceptable as a loose first approximation if introns are intended, but would be a gross blunder for codons.
We're not speaking of codons or coding units (i.e. triplets) but of introns - i.e. coding sequences interspersed among non-coding sequences (exons).
In fact, I'd quibble with "units" in the original - even when there is an intron for a single protein domain, it is a bit of a stretch to call it "an unit", IMHO;
and I prefer sequence to fragment because the translated intron sequence will became a part (a fragment) of the mature m-RNA indeed, but only after a maturing process that may in fact cut away some part of the intron too.
You should stick to "coding units" only if you really really dislike "improving the original... :-)
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Note added at 3 hrs 12 mins (2005-09-18 13:58:33 GMT)
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The fact that it's not codons but introns is made clear by "geni" as synonim in brackets - which if not exact is at least acceptable as a loose first approximation if introns are intended, but would be a gross blunder for codons.
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Italian term (edited):
unit� codificanti
coding units
Penso sia questo!
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Note added at 27 mins (2005-09-18 11:12:38 GMT)
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They're called coding units... but you may want to use Codons, as suggested by Marion, if you think that would take away the doubts.
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Note added at 27 mins (2005-09-18 11:12:38 GMT)
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They're called coding units... but you may want to use Codons, as suggested by Marion, if you think that would take away the doubts.
Peer comment(s):
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marionclarion
: I agree this is the right translation, both linguistically and for giving the right meaning literally! THe "coding untits" are parts of the gene that are distinct from the "non-coding" units" - although technically they are now called "CODONS"
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Yes, they indeed are!
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