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....to explicate something in its giveness

Spanish translation: ...explicar como un concepto "inferible" (o "deducible")

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English term or phrase:....to explicate something in its giveness
Spanish translation:...explicar como un concepto "inferible" (o "deducible")
Entered by: Olga Alex

16:42 Dec 9, 2008
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / forgiveness
English term or phrase: ....to explicate something in its giveness
The language of experience is concrete rather than abstract. xx writes: "...experiences such as responsibility, forgiveness, dread, freedom, or decision cannot be measured....They are simply there and can only be explicated in their giveness".

I'm clueless here. Can anyone shed a light on this?
Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Local time: 14:28
Ver explicación
Explanation:
"Giveness" es un concepto lingüístico que indica que el hablante da por supuesto que el oyente sabe de lo que se está hablando:

“Giveness: the speaker assumes that the hearer 'knows', assumes, or can infer a particular
thing (but in not necessarily thinking about it)" (PRINCE, 1981:230)

Es díficil dar con una buena traducción. Propongo algo así como:

solamente se puede explicar como un concepto "inferible" o "deducible".
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Olga Alex
Spain
Local time: 21:28
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2interpretarse por su valor intrínseco /que tienen por sí mismas
Ignacio de Almagro
3 +2Ver explicación
Olga Alex
4 +1explicar algo por el hecho de que existe
Patricia Posadas
4'en su totalidad'
MartaHS
4explicar algo por su esencia
María Estela Ruiz Paz


  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
interpretarse por su valor intrínseco /que tienen por sí mismas


Explanation:
suerte

Ignacio de Almagro
Spain
Local time: 21:28
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ariella Aureli: muy bien!
4 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, Ariella
agree  Calimon: Me gusta mucho tu respuesta, suena natural y queda clara la idea original.
2 days 4 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Calimon. A ver qué dice Giovanni...
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
'en su totalidad'


Explanation:
Suerte

MartaHS
United States
Local time: 12:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 20
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
explicar algo por su esencia


Explanation:
INGLESPANISH Baje este diccionario

is-ness
existencialidad, ser-encia, tal cual es, tal como es, talidad, mismidad; realidad, condición de ser, intensidad de existencia


sería: explicar algo, en cuanto que "es"

Espero te ayude

Saludos!

María Estela Ruiz Paz
Argentina
Local time: 16:28
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Ver explicación


Explanation:
"Giveness" es un concepto lingüístico que indica que el hablante da por supuesto que el oyente sabe de lo que se está hablando:

“Giveness: the speaker assumes that the hearer 'knows', assumes, or can infer a particular
thing (but in not necessarily thinking about it)" (PRINCE, 1981:230)

Es díficil dar con una buena traducción. Propongo algo así como:

solamente se puede explicar como un concepto "inferible" o "deducible".

Olga Alex
Spain
Local time: 21:28
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Boulter
8 hrs
agree  Penélope Herrera: Me parece muy acertado
12 hrs
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
explicar algo por el hecho de que existe


Explanation:
"giveness of something" en filosofía suele referirse a su "existencia real"

En tu farse, no se pueden medir esos conceptos (no podemos explicarlso en base a sus características físicas, etc.) sólo su existencia los explica, sólo se explican en la medida en que existen.

Creo que va por ahí la cosa...

Patricia Posadas
Spain
Local time: 20:28
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Calimon: :)
1 day 15 hrs
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