Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Denkverbot
English translation:
Thought Control or Thinking Forbidden or Thinking Verboten
Added to glossary by
Dr. Fred Thomson
Aug 4, 2004 17:10
19 yrs ago
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German term
Denkverbot
German to English
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As in not to think critically, not to think for yourself.
It's a headline so no context.
Can anyone think of something short and snappy.
Thanks in advance!
It's a headline so no context.
Can anyone think of something short and snappy.
Thanks in advance!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | Thought Control or Thniking Forbidden or Thinking Verboten |
Dr. Fred Thomson
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| 5 +3 | Thinking banned! |
David Moore (X)
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| 4 +1 | Critical thinking prohibited! |
Ingrid Blank
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| 5 | The thought police |
Dr Andrew Read
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| 4 | prohibition to think |
Narasimhan Raghavan
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| 4 | Forbidden Thought |
RNolder (X)
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| 4 | No questions allowed! |
Fantutti (X)
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| 3 | thinking is discouraged |
Kim Metzger
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| 3 | No thinking! |
Nathan Hanika (X)
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| 4 -1 | freedom of thought |
Greg Twiss
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| 2 | A reason for not reasoning |
Textklick
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| 1 | the closing of the American mind |
Jonathan MacKerron
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Proposed translations
51 mins
Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
A lawyer, technician, nuclear power optr
Native in: English
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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37
Selected
Thought Control or Thniking Forbidden or Thinking Verboten
Not knowing the context, it is difficult to come up with an appropriate heading.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I think "Thought Control" works best for my purposes.
Thanks a lot and also to everyone else.
"
2 mins
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
100
thinking is discouraged
Maybe?
5 mins
Narasimhan Raghavan
Also a qualified engineer
Native in: Tamil
Works in: English to Tamil, Tamil to English, French to Tamil, and 6 more.
prohibition to think
See: PROHIBITION TO THINK
PROHIBITION TO THINK. ... If Kelemen expects the readers to accept his assertions uncritically,
it means he wants to impose on the readers a prohibition to think. ...
www.nctimes.net/~mark/bibl_science/kellemen.htm - 101k - Cached - Similar pages
PROHIBITION TO THINK. ... If Kelemen expects the readers to accept his assertions uncritically,
it means he wants to impose on the readers a prohibition to think. ...
www.nctimes.net/~mark/bibl_science/kellemen.htm - 101k - Cached - Similar pages
+3
11 mins
Thinking banned!
should be pretty snappy for a headline...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Alexandra Cox (X)
: Th e snappiest of the lot (and therefore the best choice I'd say)
1 min
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| agree |
Will Matter
1 hr
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| agree |
Lucyna Długołęcka
13 hrs
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+1
16 mins
Critical thinking prohibited!
Critical Thinking Prohibited. Edward McGlynn Gaffney, Jr. Copyright
(c) 2001 First Things 112 (April 2001): 20-22. Federal courts ...
www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ ft0104/opinion/gaffney.html - 23k - 3 Aug 2004
(c) 2001 First Things 112 (April 2001): 20-22. Federal courts ...
www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ ft0104/opinion/gaffney.html - 23k - 3 Aug 2004
1 hr
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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76
the closing of the American mind
to plagiarize a book title
1 hr
A reason for not reasoning
Long shot - from your "As in not to think critically, not to think for yourself."
12 mins
Forbidden Thought
Another idea.
HTH
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Note added at 2 hrs 6 mins (2004-08-04 19:17:26 GMT)
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Per your new note, it may also just simply mean \"thoughtless\". (I know, I know, then it would be literally \"denklos\". But maybe something along those lines or even \" the unthinkable\" would work.
HTH
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Note added at 2 hrs 6 mins (2004-08-04 19:17:26 GMT)
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Per your new note, it may also just simply mean \"thoughtless\". (I know, I know, then it would be literally \"denklos\". But maybe something along those lines or even \" the unthinkable\" would work.
4 hrs
No thinking!
Just thought I'd add my bit to the suggestions already made.
Should work if it's a headline.
Should work if it's a headline.
5 hrs
Dr Andrew Read
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
Style – accuracy – customer focus
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Italian to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
The thought police
Hi, I think this would fit your context well. It's a standard term in English and was coined by George Orwell (poss. in "1984"), but is still used in exactly the context you're talking about.
Here are some of the many 1000 google hits:
Here are some of the many 1000 google hits:
12 hrs
No questions allowed!
Especially not about 9/11. Just another option.
-1
50 mins
Greg Twiss
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
21 years of technical translations
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English to German
freedom of thought
"freedom of thought" is often used by journalists etc., so if you can fit it in then you should be fine
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Note added at 18 hrs 26 mins (2004-08-05 11:37:10 GMT)
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Of course, the German term \"Denkverbot\" implies that you can\'t think freely, but as this is going to be a heading of a text, then I don\'t see a problem. \"Freedom of Thought\" as a term is well-established in English, as is \"Denkverbot\" in German. Germans obviously just like to view the problem from the \"negative\" side, if you will. Naturally, the rest of the text would then explore the \"limits\" imposed on this freedowm
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Note added at 18 hrs 26 mins (2004-08-05 11:37:10 GMT)
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Of course, the German term \"Denkverbot\" implies that you can\'t think freely, but as this is going to be a heading of a text, then I don\'t see a problem. \"Freedom of Thought\" as a term is well-established in English, as is \"Denkverbot\" in German. Germans obviously just like to view the problem from the \"negative\" side, if you will. Naturally, the rest of the text would then explore the \"limits\" imposed on this freedowm
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Lucyna Długołęcka
: With Denkverbot you cannot think freely
13 hrs
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see my response above
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