Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Is this sentence ironic?

English answer:

appears to be the title or subtitle of a section of text

Added to glossary by Jenni Lukac (X)
Jun 28, 2012 15:37
12 yrs ago
English term

Is this sentence ironic?

English Art/Literary Esoteric practices
Hello everyone,

LESSON 1. CONCENTRATION FINDS THE WAY. Our two natures; one wants to advance; the other wants to pull us back. The one we concentrate on and develop determines what we will become. How you may change your whole career and accomplish miracles. We can be completely controlled by our concentrated thought. How can you make an "opportunity". One man's opportunity is usually another man's loss. ***A very beneficial practice***. Why we get back what we give out. A wonderful encouraging tonic. Every man that is willing to put forth the necessary effort can be a success. The man that is best prepared to do things. How to make your services always in demand. How to reach the top. The man selected to manage is not usually a genius. He does not possess any more talent than others. What he does possess that others do not. Why a few succeed and so many fail.

Is "A very beneficial practice" an irony? In other words, does it refer to "One man's opportunity is usually another man's loss"?

Thank you.
Change log

Jun 30, 2012 07:49: Jenni Lukac (X) Created KOG entry

Discussion

Vikki Pendleton Jun 28, 2012:
Hmm. This sounds like a handout or text from a powerpoint slide, in other words a series of headings/bullet points. It seems probable that the person presenting LESSON 1 was explaining a beneficial practice at that point, and that it doesn't relate to the surrounding text in any way.

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appears to be the title or subtitle of a section of text

Based on the other question I answered and other translators reactions to that question, all these "partial sentences" appear to be short ideas of the type written for PowerPoint presentations or distinct titles of sections of text.
Peer comment(s):

agree B D Finch : Yes, it is a string of headings, not a continuous text.
4 mins
Thanks, B. D. These seem to be a list of topics covered in lesson 1 and we can't know if the author is being ironic or not, although I imagine he/she is not being ironic.
agree Martin Riordan : Is it the heading for the next sentence? It could be...
1 hr
Thanks, Martin. If one reads the entire chain of phrases they all seem somewhat distinct from each other.
agree DLyons
1 hr
Thanks very much, DLyons.
agree Tony M : I suspect it may in fact be referring back to "make an opportunity", not directly related to the intervening phrase. Whatever, not ironic!
3 hrs
Thanks, Tony. I don't see irony here either.
agree Anita Šumer
4 hrs
Thanks very much, Anita.
agree NancyLynn
7 hrs
Thanks very much, NancyLynn.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks to everyone. Thank you, Jenni."
15 mins

represents the author's opinion

"A very beneficial practice" => represents the author's opinion
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