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la violence devient en quelque sorte cérébralisée

English translation: violence is "made cerebral", at the center of new impulses and desires.

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French term or phrase:la violence devient en quelque sorte 'cérébralisée', au point central de nouvelles pulsions et désirs
English translation:violence is "made cerebral", at the center of new impulses and desires.
Entered by: William Stein

12:21 Feb 20, 2003
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / biological anthropology
French term or phrase: la violence devient en quelque sorte cérébralisée
Just the bit in brackets!

Cette modification des capacités cérébrales simiesques pourraient susciter chez les humains de nouveaux comportements au sein desquels [la violence devient en quelque sorte 'cérébralisée', au point central de nouvelles pulsions et désirs.']
MSH
Local time: 00:00
violence is "made cerebral" [in a manner of speaking], at the center of new impulses and desires.
Explanation:
I think you can drop "in a manner of speaking" since the quotation marks convey the same idea.
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William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 17:00
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1violence is "made cerebral" [in a manner of speaking], at the center of new impulses and desires.
William Stein
4violence would then be brain-driven, from the node (junction )of new impulses and desires
cjohnstone
4violence becomes internalized and rechannelded into new impulses and desire
Roddy Stegemann
3violence becoming cerebral, a cornerstone for new impulses and wants
Doru Voin


  

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violence would then be brain-driven, from the node (junction )of new impulses and desires


Explanation:
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cjohnstone
France
Local time: 01:00
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  William Stein: Violence is always "brain-driven", but the point is whether it is the primitive midbrain or the intellectual cerebrum.
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
violence is "made cerebral" [in a manner of speaking], at the center of new impulses and desires.


Explanation:
I think you can drop "in a manner of speaking" since the quotation marks convey the same idea.

William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 17:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Noel Castelino: I agree with you except on one point: I believe "pulsions" here refers to "drives" rather than "impulses", but that's just an opinion.
1 day 1 hr
  -> I just answered on impulse!
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
violence becoming cerebral, a cornerstone for new impulses and wants


Explanation:
I'm not a psychologist, though...

impulse
urge pulsion n. f.

Déf. :
Modification somatique de l'organisme qui le pousse à rechercher certains buts au moyen de certains objets.

Note(s) :
La théorie psychanalytique oppose la pulsion, qui est concrète, à l'instinct, concept théorique


Doru Voin
Romania
Local time: 02:00
Native speaker of: Romanian
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
violence becomes internalized and rechannelded into new impulses and desire


Explanation:
Bienque le texte précedent se manque, je vous donne une interprétaion plus ou moins positive.

Roddy Stegemann
United States
Local time: 16:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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