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Re: OB: pardon my FrenchFrom: Bernard Cristalli (bcrist@club-internet.fr)Sat Dec 27 00:16:02 1997
Robert J. Woolley wrote: > > Perhaps Bernard or other francophiles can help me with the translation of a > sentence from a French obstetrics article I'm reading. I'm planning to cite its > conclusion in an article I'm writing, so I want to make absolutely sure I'm > understanding the critical sentence here: > > "Enfin, il n'a pas ete note de difference significative entre les taux de > complications maternelles et infantiles lorsque l'accouchement a eu lieu par > cesarienne ou par voie basse." [Sorry I can't put in the accent marks.] > > My best translation, based on no more than high-school French classes and a > crummy French dictionary follows: > > "In short, one did not note a significant difference between the rates of > maternal and infant complications when the delivery vaginal rather than cesarean > or assisted vaginal delivery." > > I'm especially concerned about two phrases: "...a eu lieu par..." and "...par > voie basse." The latter is intriguing. "Voie" seems to mean "tract," so, in > context, presumably implies "vaginal." But "basse" makes no sense here: > according to my dictionary, meaning "shoal" or "tuba"! My best guess is that the > 2-word phrase means something like "assisted [or instrumented] vaginal > delivery." Is that correct? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would translate like that. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally, it has been noted no significative difference for the rates of > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- maternal and infant complications between C-sections and vaginal deliveries. voie basse (lower way) means vaginal delivery. A C-section would be called a "voie haute" (upper way). -- Bernard Cristalli MD CNGOF AIHP - ACCA Paris - France http://www.obgyn.net/corresp/cristalli.htm
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