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English term or phrase:
Chief Complaint
French translation:
Motifs de consultation
Dec 28, 2001 16:17
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English term
Portugal
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Native in: French 
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Chief Complaint
English to French
Medical
Psychology
Psychiatry
Psychiatry report
Chief Complaint:
She stated that her main concern in coming to the meeting was...
History of presenting ilness:
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Chief Complaint:
She stated that her main concern in coming to the meeting was...
History of presenting ilness:
........
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Augustin Bordet
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Motif de consultation
It's the accurate term given my specialized medical dictionaries, including termium plus. In addition, I have a nursing degree and I worked in psychiatry for a while.
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Paul Stevens
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Works in: Spanish to English, French to English
Plainte principale
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Maya Jurt
: Mais "complainte principale" sonne mieux pour moi dans ce contexte.
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Noted, but in my opinion "complainte" rather has the sense of "lament"
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Simon Charass
: D'accord avec Maya.
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Noted, but see above
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BOB DE DENUS
: je pense que les plaintes et les complaintes sont reservées pour les tribunaux,
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Yes, "plainte" does have a legal meaning, but it also, of course, has a more general meaning of "complaint"
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problème de fond
- De quoi souffrez-vous ?
- Ecoutez Docteur, mon problème de fond c'est que ...
Il y a quelque chose de circonstanciel et émotif dans le mot "plainte" qui fait que je ne crois pas qu'on l'emploierait dans un rapport médical/psychiatrique (qui se veut scientifique).
- Ecoutez Docteur, mon problème de fond c'est que ...
Il y a quelque chose de circonstanciel et émotif dans le mot "plainte" qui fait que je ne crois pas qu'on l'emploierait dans un rapport médical/psychiatrique (qui se veut scientifique).
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BOB DE DENUS
Native in English
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French
Over 25 years of industrial bilingualism
Native in: English , French
Works in: French to English, English to French
Symptome Pricipal
Terme couramment utilisé surtout au pluriel "Principaux Symptomes"
Pour une tres bonne explication voir GDT sous "complaint"/medecine et sous
symptoms/medecine
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Note added at 2001-12-29 07:11:06 (GMT)
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Principal
Pour une tres bonne explication voir GDT sous "complaint"/medecine et sous
symptoms/medecine
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Note added at 2001-12-29 07:11:06 (GMT)
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Principal
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HughDESS
: Très juste. C'est exactement le terme (scientifique) dont je parlais.
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motif principal de trouble
Un peu long, mais puisque "symptome" ne semble pas vous séduire...
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Principal grief/motif de plainte
Le mot Français "grief" (qui a donné to grieve, grievance en Anglais) est parfois employé dans le sens de "motif de plainte".
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Dwain Tremayne
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
7 years in medical interpreting
Native in: English
Works in: French to Spanish, Spanish to French, Spanish, and 1 more.
How about affection principale?
Wouldn't <affection> be an appropriate substitute when referring to an injury or illness?
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