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234 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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234 months ago

   wrote:

mnenic traces

My comment:

The psychologists seem to prefer mnemenic or mnenic, though some will use mnesic or mnestic, and they all have the same definition: related to memory. In lay parlance, Jennifer is right, memory is the word overwhelmly used, just as “mémoire” would be used in French, but this is a highly technical or even pompous text, and should probably be translated by a likewise specialized term, I’ d go with mnenic. The definition of mnemonic is: Relating to assisting, or intended to assist the memory, somewhat more narrow and not what this context suggests.

My references:

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary

www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/ difficultwords/data/d0008377.html

http://www.answers.com/mnemonic#after_ad1

234 months ago

Claude Le Frapper   wrote:

mnenic traces

My comment:

The psychologists seem to prefer mnemenic or mnenic, though some will use mnesic or mnestic, and they all have the same definition: related to memory. In lay parlance, Jennifer is right, memory is the word overwhelmly used, just as “mémoire” would be used in French, but this is a highly technical or even pompous text, and should probably be translated by a likewise specialized term, I’ d go with mnenic. The definition of mnemonic is: Relating to assisting, or intended to assist the memory, somewhat more narrow and not what this context suggests.

My references:

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary

www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/ difficultwords/data/d0008377.html

http://www.answers.com/mnemonic#after_ad1

234 months ago

Claude Le Frapper   wrote:

Mnemonic traces

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234 months ago

Claude Le Frapper   wrote:

Trace of memory

234 months ago

Claude Le Frapper   wrote:

mnemonic signs

My comment:

"mnemonic" refers to memory, and is normally used in technical/academic contexts.

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234 months ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

A quick look on Google will confirm that the correct translation is "memory traces".

234 months ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

http://arnouldf.club.fr/docs/lexique.pdf Take a look at this. Confirms my translation. All professional translators use Google or similar occasionally to confirm their findings. Nothing to do with machine translation.

234 months ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

A quick look on Google will confirm that the correct translation is "memory traces".

234 months ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

http://arnouldf.club.fr/docs/lexique.pdf Take a look at this. Confirms my translation. All professional translators use Google or similar occasionally to confirm their findings. Nothing to do with machine translation.

234 months ago

Claude Le Frapper   wrote:

memory trace

My comment:

lots of hits on Google

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

234 months ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

PDF] vocabulaire de la psychologie cognitive de la mémoire humaine http ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML Memory trace Trace mnésique

234 months ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

"mnemonic" is synonymous with memory. Also on Google the translation is very limited, as it is operated by a machine translation software.

234 months ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

PDF] vocabulaire de la psychologie cognitive de la mémoire humaine http ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML Memory trace Trace mnésique

234 months ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

memory trace

My comment:

lots of hits on Google