Aufarbeitung
English translation: working through the past (Aufarbeitung)
| 11:20 Sep 10, 2004 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - History | |||||
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|  Selected response from: Yuri Dubrov Russian Federation Local time: 14:42 | ||||
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researching and writing up Explanation: Not sure if these were on your hit-list but perhaps one way of putting it. |
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compiling Explanation: ...as in "to compile history". It's an idea. :-) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2004-09-10 11:29:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Can you say \"compilation of history\"? I think you can... :-) |
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critical revision Explanation: is what I think is happening here. |
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arrive at an understanding of..., make sense of... Explanation: or even "to come to terms with." I would rephrase: "...is indispensible in order to arrive..." Aufarbeitung has many connotations, don't think there is a noun in English encompassing all of them. |
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peer agreement (net): +1working through the past (Aufarbeitung) Explanation: may be so -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2004-09-10 11:31:52 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- critical interpretation =========================== may fit here!! |
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coming to terms with... Explanation: I think in this case it's more along the lines of "coming to terms with DDR history, and therefore the more recent German history..." |
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revising or readjusting or reconstrcting or refurbishing Explanation: My understandin is that Aufarbeitung means "reconditioning." Now, the tick is to find a synonym that fits your context. Good luck in any case! |
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