Jun 11, 2009 19:08
15 yrs ago
French term
activisme
French to English
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Poetry & Literature
in this excerpt (which, as before, I'm just going to summarize in English for the author's privacy):
we are prevented from truly enjoying leisure because of our love of work and
activisme anglo-saxon
the phrase above seems more common than "Anglo-Saxon activism"... activism just isn't the right word here, laden as it is with political meaning; in the example above, it has a more religious element...
could it be Anglo-Saxon Protestant work ethic (a bit of a stretch, but it's better than activism...)
we are prevented from truly enjoying leisure because of our love of work and
activisme anglo-saxon
the phrase above seems more common than "Anglo-Saxon activism"... activism just isn't the right word here, laden as it is with political meaning; in the example above, it has a more religious element...
could it be Anglo-Saxon Protestant work ethic (a bit of a stretch, but it's better than activism...)
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
+6
7 mins
Selected
work ethic
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Peer comment(s):
agree |
Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: sometimes also referred to as "protestant workl ethic", depending on the context, of course
5 mins
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agree |
Valentina Viganò
17 mins
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agree |
Glen McCulley
: agree with ingeborg
25 mins
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agree |
Helen Shiner
: Yes, lose the Anglo-Saxon altogether and either use your suggestion or preferably as Ingeborg says, Protestant work ethic.
1 hr
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agree |
Catherine Gilsenan
3 hrs
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agree |
Zoe Perry
: agree with Ingeborg
5 hrs
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neutral |
PRen (X)
: I think this is redundant - didn't they already refer to love of work (and wouldn't that be work ethic?)
5 hrs
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neutral |
Vicky James
: agree with PRen
11 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
1 hr
entrepreneurial tendency
Another stab :-)
+1
18 mins
pro-active character
Like take action, do things.
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Note added at 21 mins (2009-06-11 19:29:19 GMT)
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Or even, involvement/ sense of involvement.
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Note added at 9 hrs (2009-06-12 04:56:46 GMT)
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I think I got your term: Drive
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Note added at 21 mins (2009-06-11 19:29:19 GMT)
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Or even, involvement/ sense of involvement.
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I think I got your term: Drive
Peer comment(s):
agree |
George C.
: This makes sense as I don't think it could be 'our love of work and work ethic'.
22 mins
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Thanks, solarstone! I think so too...
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+2
12 hrs
industriousness
industriousness
might work, or some variation on:
fear of idleness (religious take)
tireless activity
Not sure how helpful this is, or whether you are looking for a "jargon" expression or not.
might work, or some variation on:
fear of idleness (religious take)
tireless activity
Not sure how helpful this is, or whether you are looking for a "jargon" expression or not.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Carol Gullidge
: this was to be one of my suggestions, pending clarification on the context!
1 hr
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Thanks Carol
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agree |
Melissa McMahon
: I was also thinking of something like "aversion to idleness" - industriousness nice too!
1 hr
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Thank you Melissa.
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13 hrs
inability to relax; inability to let go
I.e., we anglo-saxons sometimes tend to be really bad at just relaxing, lying back, and simply enjoying ourselves
Another possible take...
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ALSO: the need to be constantly doing something (useful)
the need to be constantly on the move
restlessness
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the need to be constantly active
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or "urge" of course!
The urge to be constantly active
etc
2 days 19 hrs
hyperactivity
It's a term everyone undestands these days and is currently used to denote much of what is suggested in the other possibilities entered.
Discussion
the essay is about our need to constantly be active, to always be changing things and redeem ourselves through such acts. context is contemporary, with references to Buddhism and the perspective on activisme is definitely a negative one