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24 weeks shy of study endpoint evaluation

French translation: à seulement 24 semaines de...

08:58 Oct 15, 2022
English to French translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals / étude clinique, onychomycose
English term or phrase: 24 weeks shy of study endpoint evaluation
A progressively increasing 86% of all study treated toenails met the study individual success criteria at week 12 post-procedure evaluation relative to baseline, exceeding the pre-established overall success rate at 36 weeks post-procedure administration end of 60% by 26%, while still being 24 weeks shy of study endpoint evaluation.
Encore une typo pour "away from" ? (36 = 12+24)
orgogozo
France
Local time: 20:13
French translation:à seulement 24 semaines de...
Explanation:
Oh no typo here! 'shy of' means 'from' or 'short of' etc. — though perhaps rather informal for what appears to be the register here.
We might say "a couple of inches shy of 10 feet" with the sense of "almost 10 feet, minus only a couple of inches"
Usually, when we use "shy of", it tends to suggest the smallness / insignificance of the shortfall (distance, etc.) — although here, 24 weeks sounds quite a long time; but perhaps it isn't in comparison with the overall length of the study...

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Note added at 1 hr (2022-10-15 10:11:47 GMT)
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Yes, in essence, they're saying that the results were promising, even before reaching the end of the study.
I personally don't think 'shy of' works terribly well in this context, since the sense here is really "and there were still 24 weeks of the study to go"
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Tony M
France
Local time: 20:13
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Merci à tous
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3 +2à seulement 24 semaines de...
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
24 weeks shy of...
à seulement 24 semaines de...


Explanation:
Oh no typo here! 'shy of' means 'from' or 'short of' etc. — though perhaps rather informal for what appears to be the register here.
We might say "a couple of inches shy of 10 feet" with the sense of "almost 10 feet, minus only a couple of inches"
Usually, when we use "shy of", it tends to suggest the smallness / insignificance of the shortfall (distance, etc.) — although here, 24 weeks sounds quite a long time; but perhaps it isn't in comparison with the overall length of the study...

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Note added at 1 hr (2022-10-15 10:11:47 GMT)
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Yes, in essence, they're saying that the results were promising, even before reaching the end of the study.
I personally don't think 'shy of' works terribly well in this context, since the sense here is really "and there were still 24 weeks of the study to go"

Tony M
France
Local time: 20:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Merci à tous

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ph-b (X): there were still 24 weeks... to go = « on est encore à 24 semaines de... » (voir discussion). « À seulement... de... » n'a pas la même connotation.
10 mins
  -> Merci, ph-b ! Yes, that's my point: IMHO, for that reason, the source text term is poorly-chosen.
agree  Daryo
19 hrs
  -> Thanks, Daryo!
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