Re: Inkhorns are a fascinating linguistic phenomenon, ...

On Mon, 16 Sep 2024 18:03:02 +0000, Silvano wrote:

jerryfriedman hat am 16.09.2024 um 16:35 geschrieben:

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On Mon, 16 Sep 2024 6:19:10 +0000, Aidan Kehoe wrote:
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IOne of the reasons I listen to MDR Sachsen’s
„Hausarztsprechstunde“
https://www.mdr.de/sachsenradio/programm/ratgeber/hausarztsprechstunde100.html
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is for the non-jargon vocabulary. (It’s a radio programme aimed at the
general
public.) Like, of course I know that a pneumothorax is a Pneumothorax,
but
what’s equivalent to “collapsed lung” when speaking to non-medical
patients?

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Do you practice in a German-speaking country?  Or in an English-
speaking country where you see so many German-speaking
patients that you need to know such things?

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I don't know what is Aidan's profession,

(That should be "I don't know what Aiden's profession is."  A very
difficult point for many non-native speakers.)
As I recall, he's made it clear here that he's a physician.

but medical practitioners are
not the only people who may need to know the equivalent to a medical
expression in another language. There are also those strange beasts
called translators. I am one of them.

Anch'io sono tradutorre.  (I had to look that up.)  I've published some
of my translations of Antonio Machado's poems, and I'm actually
supposed to get money for some of them.  My wages for this project
so far amount to about ten cents an hour, maybe less.
--
Jerry Friedman