Lionel_M (X) Oct 14, 2010:

Emmanuelle, I do not understand your point with "to": I don't see any "to". Now, if you agree with "position" but not with "indexing" (addressing ???), just mention it in your agreement/neutral. If one proposes a translation each time he/she changes a word, we'll end up with thousand propositions each time. In general, one makes an entry to suggest something different and "on" versus" "over" is not significant to my modest opinion. Hope I made the point clear. Not offended, don't worry :)

Emmanuelle Bensaude (X) Oct 14, 2010:

@ Lionel Sorry no offence meant here :o). Just wanted to make two points: a) the use of "to" not "on" the probe and b) my reluctance to use the term addressing here. I toyed with the idea of entering it as a comment below your suggestion but then thought it would be clearer as a separate entry...Hope I'm making sense here?

Lionel_M (X) Oct 14, 2010:

My be I missed something, but where's the difference with what I said already yesterday ? Check Affymetrix or BioMed Central sites; "Probes position" is a standard terminology. Indexing an alternative is you code the position with letter/number (like A1, B2.....) which is the case with some types of microchips.

Louisa Tchaicha (asker) Oct 14, 2010:

yes it's very clear :) I appreciate you helping me, thank you!

Emmanuelle Bensaude (X) Oct 14, 2010:

hello again Ok, I would say something along the lines of Figure 2 in the annex shows the position of the probes (or probes' position) on the chip. The term adressage is translated as their position. Does this make sense?

Louisa Tchaicha (asker) Oct 14, 2010:

Hi there I like "probes 'position on the chip" but if I were to translate "adressage" (I found addressing) how would I use it in my sentence?