Feb 10, 2003 13:13
21 yrs ago
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French term
Kwiatowski
une problématique
Non-PRO
French to English
Other
la logique d'interrogation pour comprendre l'environnement d'un choix en matière de formation
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | issues |
Peter Coles
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| 3 +3 | questions/issues to consider |
Sara Freitas
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| 4 +1 | ins and outs of the issue |
cjohnstone
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| 5 | series of issues or questions or problems |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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| 5 -1 | problematic,baffling |
1964
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| 4 | Problem formulation |
Jean-Luc Dumont
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| 4 | dilemma |
Shog Imas
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| 4 -1 | Argument/discussion methodology |
David Hunter
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Proposed translations
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3 mins
Selected
issues
In a French "dissertation" they are usually laid out as a serious of questions e.g. "What are the most serious problems facing the environment?". "What can we as individuals do to make a contribution?".
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ."
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1 min
problematic,baffling
problematic,baffling
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knotty,labyrinthine
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problematics
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knotty,labyrinthine
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problematics
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Clair Pickworth
: as an adjective, but not as a noun
4 mins
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Yes they mostly use with a noun like A Problematic Case .. etc
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| neutral |
Sara Freitas
: Agree with Clair PG on this one...
5 mins
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Thanks
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| neutral |
cjohnstone
: pas ici
6 mins
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Thanks
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| disagree |
David Hunter
: no, it's about methodology, not bafflingness!
42 mins
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problematics ?
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| neutral |
Therese Nichols
: adjective or pronoun.
8 hrs
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Yes thanks
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6 mins
questions/issues to consider
if this is a section heading...
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or even factors
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problematics in a Philosophy context, but it seems a little too academic for the context given here...
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or even factors
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problematics in a Philosophy context, but it seems a little too academic for the context given here...
+1
10 mins
cjohnstone
France
France
Native in French
&
English
France
Experience and feel
Native in: French 
, English (Variant: British)
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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1632
ins and outs of the issue
or simply the issues raised by or the approach to the prooblem of
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43 mins
Argument/discussion methodology
Well perhaps not an exact translation, but a "problématique" is the balanced, contradictory argument that should be presentated to explore and answer a question in something like a competitive French exam.
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
1964
: perhaps problematics
31 mins
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| neutral |
Sara Freitas
: unless this is a scholarly piece of writing
1 hr
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2 hrs
series of issues or questions or problems
problematique is to problem or issues as words are to A DISCOURSE
a problematique is the series of issues relating to something....
See the French structuralists of the sixties and seventies, especially Althussser
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also a set of problems, issues or questions
IN English, problematic is used in semiology, lit crit etc. BUT in Ffrench the expression has been accepted by a wider audience...
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Please note: what I have said about problematic applies to the NOUN, not the adjective as: This case is problematic....
a problematique is the series of issues relating to something....
See the French structuralists of the sixties and seventies, especially Althussser
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also a set of problems, issues or questions
IN English, problematic is used in semiology, lit crit etc. BUT in Ffrench the expression has been accepted by a wider audience...
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Please note: what I have said about problematic applies to the NOUN, not the adjective as: This case is problematic....
9 hrs
Jean-Luc Dumont
France
France
Native in French
France
Accuracy, Ability, Availability
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to French, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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1108
Problem formulation
Formulating/putting the issue/problem
problématique - the art of science of formulating/laying down or putting a problem/issue
problématique - the art of science of formulating/laying down or putting a problem/issue
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
: not necessarily; it's the series not necessarily how it's formulated
17 hrs
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2 days 18 hrs
dilemma
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