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Meaningless

Spanish translation: no tienen sentido (desde el punto de vista científico)

09:39 Jul 3, 2020
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
COVID-19 - Medical - Medical (general) / Testing
English term or phrase: Meaningless
Hola, cómo están. Traduje este artículo:

https://off-guardian.org/2020/06/27/covid19-pcr-tests-are-sc...

Lo único que no estoy seguro es de cómo traducir "meaningless" en el título:

"COVID19 PCR Tests are Scientifically Meaningless"

"Though the whole world relies on RT-PCR to “diagnose” Sars-Cov-2 infection, the science is clear: they are not fit for purpose"

Muchas gracias por cualquier respuesta. Saludos.
Axel
Spanish translation:no tienen sentido (desde el punto de vista científico)
Explanation:
otra opción es que "son irrelevantes" o incluso "absurdos".
Selected response from:

Laura Serantes
Spain
Local time: 12:51
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5no tienen sentido (desde el punto de vista científico)
Laura Serantes
4 +4insignificantes
María C Turri
4 +2no tienen valor científico
Neil Ashby
4 +1inútiles
Cecilia Gowar
3 +1no significan nada
Mariana Gutierrez
Summary of reference entries provided
David Hollywood

  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
meaningless
no tienen sentido (desde el punto de vista científico)


Explanation:
otra opción es que "son irrelevantes" o incluso "absurdos".

Laura Serantes
Spain
Local time: 12:51
Native speaker of: Native in GalicianGalician, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Hollywood
8 mins
agree  Thilo Müller
10 mins
agree  Mónica Algazi
3 hrs
agree  Leda Roche
5 hrs
agree  Eduardo Huerta Vazquez
6 hrs
neutral  Chema Nieto Castañón: Hola Laura. Creo que "las pruebas no tienen sentido" induce a pensar que no hay por qué hacerlas, y no es esta la idea; estos tests en concreto no tiene valor cientifico como herramientas diagnósticas, pero las PCR para covid tener sí tienen sentido.
1 day 1 hr
  -> ¡Buen punto! Gracias
agree  axel2: Muchas gracias.
3 days 17 hrs
disagree  Mónica Belén Colacilli: Estoy de acuerdo con el comentario de Chema. Pido disculpas por el "Disagree" pero considero que sería un error usar esta opción en un artículo científico.
13 days
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
meaningless
inútiles


Explanation:
Basically "not fit for purpose", so "useless".

Cecilia Gowar
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 340

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  axel2: Muchas gracias.
3 days 16 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias Axel2!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
no significan nada


Explanation:
Reacomodaría la frase para que suene natural así:

"En términos científicos, los test de PCR para COVID19 no significan nada".

Mariana Gutierrez
Local time: 07:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 111

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  axel2: Muchas gracias.
3 days 14 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
insignificantes


Explanation:
sugg.

María C Turri
Argentina
Local time: 07:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 95

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yaotl Altan
4 hrs
agree  Paulina Sobelman
17 hrs
agree  axel2: Muchas gracias.
3 days 13 hrs
agree  Mónica Belén Colacilli
12 days
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
meaningless
no tienen valor científico


Explanation:
The sense of "meaningless" here is that they are worthless; the information may be unreliable or they don't tell us anything new, for example. It is not really 100% literal, as in "sin sentido".



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Note added at 14 days (2020-07-17 10:19:50 GMT) Post-grading
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Hi Axel, if you cannot be bothered to select the best proposal, I can't be bothered to help you, so I've now filtered out your questions. Kudoz is give and take, not just take.

Neil Ashby
Spain
Local time: 12:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 287

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chema Nieto Castañón: Esta es sutil, pero el sentido es exactamente este, no tienen valor científico, su valor es irrelevante en tanto que herramienta diagnóstica.
22 hrs
  -> Thanks Chema, appreciate it. Yes, everyone's taken the wrong meaning of meaningless ;@)
agree  axel2: Muchas gracias.
3 days 14 hrs
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Reference comments


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Reference

Reference information:
to prove that a person has the illness in question is scientifically meaningless. En efecto, no tiene ningún sentido científico hacer una lista de conductas, poner ...

David Hollywood
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 142
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