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Nov 19, 2007 18:23
16 yrs ago
Dutch term

motorische vaardigheden

Non-PRO Not for points Dutch to English Other Education / Pedagogy
Ik kom uit op motor skills. Misschien klopt dit wel, het klinkt echter zo vreemd. Is dit zo goed vertaald?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +6 motor skills
4 +1 motorial skills
4 motory skills, motorial skills
4 motorics
Change log

Nov 20, 2007 08:36: writeaway changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Discussion

ans wegter (asker) Nov 20, 2007:
thank you all! Bedankt allemaal. Motor skills is de aangewezen term, maar ik blijf er een Harley Davidson associatie bij houden.

Ans
writeaway Nov 20, 2007:
what answer did you find?

Proposed translations

+6
15 mins
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motor skills

Nah, chaps, it's gotta be "motor skills" :-)

Scores on the doors (Google):
"motor skills" - 1,950,000
"motory skills" - 130
"motorial skills" - 68

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-11-19 21:07:32 GMT)
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Further to Sander's perfectly reasonable observation about Google statistics, we can refine the searches further:

"motor skills" + "child development" - 390,000 hits
"motorical skills" + "child development" - 8 hits
"motory skills" + "child development" - 5 hits
"motorial skills" + "child development" - 5 hits
Peer comment(s):
agree lexispro : Motor skills is the general term used in education - in South Africa at any rate.
42 mins
Baaie dankie, lex.
agree Margreet Logmans (X) : This is it.
48 mins
Thanks, Margreet.
agree Ken Cox : also common in the US
1 hr
Thanks, Ken.
agree Erik Brinkhof : I completely agree, but beware for Google's statics: the "results" counts are extremely unreliable (error margins of > 90% occur) and "motor skills" includes sites about skills related to cars and motors!
2 hrs
Thanks, Sander. I agree that Google needs to be taken with a big pinch of salt, but in this case the numbers are fairly overwhelming.
agree Deborah do Carmo : Of course it's motor skills - in education, fine motor skills and gross motor skills (a.k.a. large motor skills) are tested in a variety of ways from a very early age
13 hrs
agree Marijke Singer : Completely agree especially with Lawyer-Linguist
1 day 6 hrs
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+1
8 mins

motorial skills

Just google it, or consult a good dictionary. Quite a few web references for 'motorical skills' and 'motory skills', too, but in my humble opinion 'motorial' is the correct adjectival form.
Peer comment(s):
agree Andre de Vries : I don't think we need an adjective :-) after all we can string nouns together and no one minds
15 hrs
Thanks, Andre.
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8 mins

motory skills, motorial skills

I prefer motory skills. Motory is used in medicine for "motorisch".

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-11-19 20:36:24 GMT)
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Neil Cross is absolutely right: it is "motor skills".
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4 hrs

motorics

Why do you need the 'skills' at the end?
Motorics is the entire system, dus ook the skills.
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