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Jul 4, 2007 19:56
17 yrs ago
French term

un dispositif pilote d’information

French to English Medical Medical: Health Care HIV/AIDS
Hello everyone! I hope you're doing well. The phrase in question comes from the following:

Dans le cadre du projet Amedis, l’APCS a mis en place, fin 2006, l’un des premiers centre de dépistage associatif en Algérie. Ce centre est un dispositif pilote d’information, de dépistage et de conseil concernant le VIH/sida.

Thank you for your help!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 a pilot scheme/project
2 +1 pilot information system

Proposed translations

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7 mins
French term (edited): un dispositif pilote
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a pilot scheme/project

"Dispositif" is one of those hard words to translate. It is not a "dispositif pilote d'information", but a "pilote dispositif d'information, de dépistage et de conseil concernant le VIH/sida".

Maybe you could call it a "pilot scheme providing information, testing and counselling in relation to HIV/AIDS."

Make that "counseling" for your part of the world.

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Note added at 10 mins (2007-07-04 20:07:04 GMT)
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Apologies. I meant to change "testing" to "screening".

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Note added at 21 mins (2007-07-04 20:17:53 GMT)
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Yes and that was meant to be "dispositif pilote d'information, de dépistage et de conseil concernant le VIH/sida". The point here is that "dispositif pilote d'information" on its own doesn't constitute a term or a structural component of the sentence.

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Note added at 33 mins (2007-07-04 20:29:59 GMT)
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Thanks for your kind remarks.
Note from asker:
Richard, Your responses were very helpful, thank you. And to everyone else, Thank you for your comments. I'm glad I'm not working alone!
Peer comment(s):
neutral LesBrets : Why do you say that it is a "pilote dispositif d'information"? This is a nonsense in French. But your translation is Ok and does not reflet your mentioned inversion of words...
6 mins
That was a misprint (or mispaste). The point is that it is not just of "information", but all those other things form part of the term in question.
agree KLaQuadra : pilot project I'd avoid "scheme" as it has negative connotations, at least in this part of the world.
15 mins
Thanks. Where I come from, "scheme" can also be neutral or even positive, although the negative suggestion of something underhanded also exists.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Once again, Richard, I appreciate your help."
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3 mins

pilot information system

perhaps?

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Note added at 5 mins (2007-07-04 20:02:06 GMT)
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or "pilot information project", the word dispositif should be banned entirely IMHO
Peer comment(s):
neutral Richard Benham : This is OK as it stands, but then you need to get the screening and counselling in there somewhere.//And I do agree the word "dispositif" is far too vague and causes us needless headaches.
6 mins
agree LesBrets
26 mins
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