Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Finnish term or phrase:
tahtotila
English translation:
(inner) determination
Finnish term
United States
Reliable quality, attention to detail
Native in: English
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English
tahtotila
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| 3 | (inner) determination/resoluteness OR (state of) volition/volitional state |
Minna Wood MITI (Purring CAT Ltd.) (X)
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| 3 +2 | desired state |
Annira Silver (X)
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| 3 | will |
Spencer Allman
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Proposed translations
(inner) determination/resoluteness OR (state of) volition/volitional state
Here's one definition of tahtotila:
http://www.linuxfi.org/kasitteet/?kirjain=t
"Tahtotila on sisäinen voimakas muutoselementti, joka mahdollistaa tavattoman paljon suuremmat ponnistelut kuin ne, joihin ihminen kykenee ilman riittävää tahtotilaa. Tahtotila ei ole motivaatio, vaikka niin luulettekin. Motivaatio voi synnyttää tahtotilan. Sisäistämällä päämäärän arvokkuus saavutetaan tahtotila."
Or what about "volition" / "state of volition" / "volitional state"?
http://bernie.cncfamily.com/sage4.htm
"The individuals are held against their will because the cognitive and volitional state known as will is removed from the individual"
will
or spomething like that
desired state
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Note added at 7 hrs 42 mins (2003-11-19 10:37:23 GMT)
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I mean context...
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Minna Wood MITI (Purring CAT Ltd.) (X)
: "identifying the desired state" is probably the same as what is said in the definition I found: "....Sisäistämällä päämäärän arvokkuus saavutetaan tahtotila."
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Eva Malkki
: Or, to put it more colloquially, you could say "you can only win the battle if you know where you're going / what you want to achieve" - or something else like that, but put better!! :o)
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