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Hello.I'm currently working with some text I want to translate from english. And the problem is, that i come across a sentence, that I don't understand. Maybe someone here can help me with that. It's from M.A.S.H. episode, so I suppose it's a kind of joke, or strict medical/military jargon.Here is the sentence :"Sutures here, retractors there.And army and navy goulet and ribbon.And in this basin, the Richardson Balfour and diver."And thing that giving me a headache is that "army and navy goulet and ribbon". Ribbon stands for, i think, that military decorations we can see on generals chest. But maybe i'm wrong, then I will listen to any suggestions. But "goulet" is total mystery for me. Also I'm not sure about "Richardson Balfour and diver". Richardson, Balfour and Deaver are some kinds of medical tools, and it's possible to combine some of them in one tool as far as i found in internet, so Richardson Balfour will be one tool, Deaver another. But if thers any other suggestion, i'm waiting. :-)peemFeel free to correct my english.

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[nq:1]Hello. I'm currently working with some text I want to translate from english. And the problem is, that i come ... in internet, so Richardson Balfour will be one tool, Deaver another. But if thers any other suggestion, i'm waiting. :-)[/nq]
A "ribbon" is a ribbon retractor in this context. A ribbon retractor is a flat piece of malleable metal that can be bent into any shape. There's an illustration of one at
http://www.lorenzsurgical.com/catalog/retractors/retractors.html if you look down the page on the right.
Surgical instruments are usually named after the surgeon that first devised the instrument. Thus a Balfour retractor was first designed and used by Dr Balfour. The Richardson is a separate instrument, so there should be a comma after Richardson: "the Richardson, Balfour and Deaver" would be correct. The "diver" is probably a Deaver Retractor.
Some instruments - like the ribbon retractor - are so basic that no doctor is given credit for the design. The "army and navy" is probably the Army/Navy Retractor (or sometimes called the US Army Retractor); an instrument that was developed by military surgeons and not credited to any one doctor.
The goulet retractor, pictured at
http://199.5.204.98/surgtech/retracting2.htm
doesn't seem to be named after a Dr Goulet since the first letter is lower-case. However, I do see it as "Goulet Retractor" at http://www.perfixplug.com/newart4.htm It's very similar to the Army/Navy Retractor.
I distributed and sold surgical instruments for many years. I recognize most of the instruments named, but not the goulet by that name. There are many instruments that are named one thing in the US, and named something else in other countries. This is usually the result of two different doctors coming up with the same basic design without knowledge of the other's work.

Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL

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[nq:1]I distributed and sold surgical instruments for many years.[/nq]
It amazes me how often that comes in handy here.

Michael DeBusk, Co-Conspirator to Make the World a Better Place I am a pineapple * http://home.earthlink.net/~debu4335/

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[nq:1]Hello. I'm currently working with some text I want to translate from english. And the problem is, that i come across a sentence, that I don't understand.[/nq]
A reminder: The words "English" and "I" are capitalized.

Raymond S. Wise
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com

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[nq:2]I'm currently working with some text I want to translate ... that i come across a sentence, that I don't understand.[/nq]
[nq:1]A reminder: The words "English" and "I" are capitalized.[/nq]
A, yes :-D Thanks. I must memorize this.

peem
Feel free to correct my English

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[nq:1]A "ribbon" is a ribbon retractor in this context. A ribbon retractor is a flat piece of malleable metal that can be bent into any shape. There's an illustration of one at http://www.lorenzsurgical.com/catalog/retractors/retractors.html if you look down the page on the right.[/nq]
That's what I've missed in my search :-) Funny thing is, that I recognize this site, I've found it when I was searching after Richardson and Deaver. Or very similar site. :-)
[nq:1]Surgical instruments are usually named after the surgeon that first devised the instrument. Thus a Balfour retractor was first designed ... be a comma after Richardson: "the Richardson, Balfour and Deaver" would be correct. The "diver" is probably a Deaver Retractor.[/nq]
I figure this out. Only thing missing was the word "retractor" after that names, so I wasn't sure what to do with them. And comma. :-)
[nq:1]Some instruments - like the ribbon retractor - are so basic that no doctor is given credit for the design. ... letter is lower-case. However, I do see it as "Goulet Retractor" at http://www.perfixplug.com/newart4.htm It's very similar to the Army/Navy Retractor.[/nq]
Yes. That will end my speculations. It's only a medical jargon, no joke in here. And now I understand every word, so I also understand all sentence. Thank You very much.
[nq:1]I distributed and sold surgical instruments for many years. I recognize most of the instruments named, but not the goulet ... usually the result of two different doctors coming up with the same basic design without knowledge of the other's work.[/nq]
That will not be a problem. If there's nothing special to translate beside names of medical tools, it will be easy to find correct names in Polish, to which I'm translating. Or, because it's only a TV episode translation, and no one's life will be endanger by that, I pick something quite similar from Polish names of medical tools. Thanks again for help, I've learned something new.

peem
Feel free to corect my English

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