Glossary entry

Japanese term or phrase:

それぞれ別々の

English translation:

ambiguous - see below

Added to glossary by Cary Strunk
Dec 11, 2012 00:27
11 yrs ago
Japanese term

それぞれ別々の

Japanese to English Law/Patents Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng Pharmaceutical
This phrasing occurs in the following sentence:

中大脳動脈腹閉塞モデルラット作成して6時間、12時間、24時間、42時間後に、それぞれ別々のモデルラットにδ-アミノレブリン酸塩酸塩を生理食塩水に溶解しラットの体重1kgあたり100mgとなるように腹腔投与した。

I translated this as:

Prepare model rats with middle cerebral artery occlusion and inject each model rat in its stomach at 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, and 42 hours with δ-aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride dissolved in normal saline solution at a dosage of 100mg per 1kg of weight.

Even so, I can't help but feel that I've left something out and done a lousy job.

Any help/corrections greatly appreciated.

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Thank you!
Proposed translations (English)
3 ambiguous - see below
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Discussion

ronsmith Dec 11, 2012:
Nick, I think that's exactly what it is. They probably have different groups or rats for each treatment. So, a given group of rats will be injected at 6 hours, another group at 12 and so on.<p>If this interpretation is correct, in fact, the translation provided is not as clear on this point as the Japanese text.<p>Besides, if it is an experiment, each treatment needs more than 2 rats in order to allow some variance for statistical analysis purposes. In this case "each model rat" (singular) is probably not accurate, too. I hope the original text has some context to clarify this point.
Nick John (X) Dec 11, 2012:
Is it definitely not referring to certain of the rats being injected after 6 hours, certain others after 12, etc.?

Proposed translations

10 hrs
Selected

ambiguous - see below

The preceding paragraphs in the patent help to understand what is going on. Para 33 describes preparation of the model rats and para 34 describes a test confirming the model in 6 rats.
http://tinyurl.com/bnhjx7g

Presumably, having confirmed the model over a 14 day period, further rats were prepared. So I think there is only one rat model, and individual animals were probably dosed at different time points for comparison, though this is still not really clear (to me) from the text.

I would be inclinded to retain the vagueness and translate as follows: Model rats with middle cerebral artery occlusion were prepared and the animals were intraperitoneally administered [substance and dose] after 6, 12, 24 and 42 hours respectively.

Not sure why you are using the instructional tense when this is describing a past experiment illustrating an embodiment.
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