Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
conférer
English translation:
confer (to)
French term
conférer (ici)
I don't quite understand the meaning of 'conférer' in this sentence. Could it be that the person who was doing the transcript misunderstood the word said?
whadda ya'll think?
(sick of my questions yet?)
5 +9 | conférant = conferring? | PFB (X) |
3 +10 | confer | Ford Prefect |
5 +3 | see note | Georges Tocco |
Oct 9, 2005 17:45: sarahl (X) changed "Field (specific)" from "Medical: Pharmaceuticals" to "Genetics"
Non-PRO (1): df49f (X)
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Proposed translations
conférant = conferring?
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Georges Tocco
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Ah je savais bien que j'avais pas tout faux! Il faut le dire à Sarah ;-) Merci Georges
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Rachel Fell
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Thanks Rachel
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Diantha Guessous
: Grammar errors in the source text sure don't help! ( another verb form error in line 1). In any case, confer/(ring) is often used in such contexts. Lots of hits in Pubmed See also.http://www.aegis.com/conferences/hivdrw/2002/41.html
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Thanks Diantha
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Richard Benham
: With Diantha. The transcription is terrible!
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Thanks Richard
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mwatchorn
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Thanks mwatchorn
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df49f (X)
: typo pour conférant du verbe conférer: can be found in any dictionary
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Merci df49f
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Dr Sue Levy (X)
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Merci Sue
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Linda 969
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Thanks Linda
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Lúcia Lopes
: conferring, yesss!!! :-)
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thanks Maria
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confer
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Note added at 6 mins (2005-10-09 17:47:18 GMT)
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"sequencing was used to determine if there were any mutations conferring resistance..."
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PFB (X)
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Thanks Philippe
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Georges Tocco
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Thanks Georges
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Rachel Fell
: "mutations qui conférent la resistance" (sorry,can't do the right accent there!) or "conférant"\\I understand - didn't mean to nit-pick!
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Thanks Rachel - "conférents" was copied from the original question - I should have highlighted the change (qui)
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Anne McKee
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Diantha Guessous
: second the comment in Rachael's agreement
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Richard Benham
: Well done, Dr James. Good to see you branching out into other language pairs!
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df49f (X)
: typo pour conférant du verbe conférer: can be found in any dictionary
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Dr Sue Levy (X)
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Linda 969
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Lúcia Lopes
: yeah! :-)
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see note
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Note added at 7 mins (2005-10-09 17:48:50 GMT)
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so indeed the mutation confers resistance (to the drug) in this case.
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