des parties au tout et du tout aux parties

English translation: from the parts to the whole and from the whole to the parts

14:49 Oct 4, 2010

French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Philosophy

French term or phrase: des parties au tout et du tout aux parties

This seems to be a set phrase but I can't find an English equivalent anywhere. I don't think context is of much use here - it is in a philosophical text talking about architecture:

Le projet se concevant dans une continuité, un continuum des parties au tout et du tout aux parties, pas uniquement dans un montage d'objets mais dans un systeme dynamique où tout agit sur tout ...

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English translation:from the parts to the whole and from the whole to the parts

Explanation:
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don is bilateral (a < > b), that is, we go back and forth from the parts to the whole and from the whole to the parts. The relation here might be seen as ...
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go from the parts to the whole and from the whole to the parts. He suggests (2006) that the project of a communicating organization should break into the ...
edisdat.ied.edu.hk/pubarch/.../SYMPO-000004_Fong%20Peng%20Long.pdf

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imatahan
Brazil
Local time: 09:13

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5 +2

from the parts to the whole and from the whole to the parts

imatahan

4 +2

from elements to ensemble and vice-versa

kashew

4 +1

part-to-whole and whole-to-part

B D Finch

where the components are one with the whole and the whole one with the components

Philippa Smith

parts interacting/intertwined with each other

MatthewLaSon

Summary of reference entries provided

Part-whole relationships

Melissa McMahon

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6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

from the parts to the whole and from the whole to the parts

imatahan
Brazil
Local time: 09:13
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

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Asker: Thanks!

53 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

from elements to ensemble and vice-versa

Explanation:
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kashew
France
Local time: 14:13
Native speaker of:

English

2 hrs confidence:

parts interacting/intertwined with each other

Explanation:
Hello,

I think they could have also said "des parties allant au tout et du tout aux parties". The idea, imho, is just that all the parts of intertwined in the sense they do not act independent of each other.

au tout et du tout = to the whole and of the whole (intertwined?)

It's not a very common expression, imho.

I hope this helps.

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 08:13
Native speaker of:

English

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

part-to-whole and whole-to-part

Explanation:
With or without hyphens.

"and was piloted during the project by social work and architecture, departments. ... However such learning is 'part to whole' – the SIMPLE ... for 'whole to part' learning, and for learning about legal process. ..."
www.ukcle.ac.uk/projects/past-projects/simpleupdate/ -

"South of this lies the unique architectural development of Ardoch, .... much practice as possible in carrying out whole-to-part and part-to-whole thinking. ..."
strathprints.strath.ac.uk/700/1/strathprints000700.doc

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"In their traineeship, the students will be asked to undertake tasks that demand a more holistic understanding of legal process and legal procedure. ... not only with a sufficient knowledge of the parts of a transaction - which letter is sent to whom, what it should contain, for instance - but also a holistic knowledge of the whole transaction. ... It therefore makes sense to give them as much practice as possible in carrying out whole-to-part and part-to-whole thinking."
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/jilt/2007_1/maharg...

B D Finch
France
Local time: 14:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 10

16 hrs confidence:

where the components are one with the whole and the whole one with the components

Explanation:
I think the clue lies in the word "continuum". If you take the definintion in Webster's Online Dictionary:

"A continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts."
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/contin...

then it is basically saying "a continuum of the individual components and the whole" (which would be another, shorter way of translating it).

Philippa Smith
Local time: 14:13
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Reference comments

20 hrs

Reference: Part-whole relationships

Reference information:
These terms are commonly used in talking about dynamic systems where the parts interact with each other and with the whole in a way that is different from a mechanical system. The model is the dialectic between part (organ) and whole (animal) in a living organism. Made famous by Hegel, and this link to a kind of "crib notes" in dialectical thinking may be useful: http://tinyurl.com/23fo99j

Melissa McMahon
Australia
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 86

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