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Lebensweltorientierung

English translation: do not translate (lifeworld orientation)

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German term or phrase:Lebensweltorientierung
English translation:do not translate (lifeworld orientation)
Entered by: Ramey Rieger (X)

09:17 Dec 9, 2015
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Hans Thiersch
German term or phrase: Lebensweltorientierung
Der Begriff kommt im Programm eines Bildungsträgers vor und geht auf die Lehre von Hans Thiersch zurück.
m-svenja
Local time: 02:06
do not translate (lifeworld orientation)
Explanation:
In an American journal: https://suche.gmx.net/web?origin=serp_sf_atf&q=Hans Thiersch...
Many readers may have first encountered Thiersch with his work in the area of Lebensweltorientierung (lifeworld orientation), which has been influential in both theoretical and practice domains in Germany and elsewhere.
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Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 02:06
Grading comment
did it your way, thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2lifeworld orientation
Erzsébet Czopyk
3 +1do not translate (lifeworld orientation)
Ramey Rieger (X)
3Focus on social settings
Michael Martin, MA


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
lifeworld orientation


Explanation:
Social Pedagogy and Critical Theory: A Conversation with ...
www.internationaljournalofsocialpedagogy.com/index.p...
Key words: social pedagogy; critical theory; lifeworld orientation; Frankfurt school. Daniel Schugurensky (left) and Hans Thiersch (Frankfurt, October 2013).

Klaus Grunwald & Hans Thiersch
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.../0265053090292364...
K Grunwald - ‎2009 -
Keywords lifeworld orientation; social work; social care; social work theory; ... practical science (Thiersch, 1978), in which theoretical discourses and models.
Html - Social Work & Society

www.socwork.net › Home › Vol 10, No 1 (2012)
C Spatscheck - ‎2012 -
Social theories around space found their recognition in very different academic .... pedagogue Hans Thiersch formulated the theoretical concept of a “lifeworld orientation” ... For a social worker, lifeworld orientation means to become able to ...
Social Pedagogy and Working with Children and Young ...

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Routledge International Handbook of Children’s Rights Studies
https://books.google.hu/books?isbn=1317669738 -
Wouter Vandenhole, ‎Ellen Desmet, ‎Didier Reynaert - 2015 - ‎Law
Social work and children's rights: A 'lifeworld orientation' What the critiques ... introduced it as the central notion of his phenomenological theory (Husserl, 1970). ... notion of lifeworld was applied by Klaus Grunwald and Hans Thiersch (2009).

Erzsébet Czopyk
Hungary
Local time: 02:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ramey Rieger (X): Hi Erzsébet! I agree with your suggestion, but have trouble with a CL5//CL (confidence level) means there is really no other translation and you're absolutely sure. There are ALWAYS other translations. Do you see what I mean?
45 mins
  -> Thank you very much!
agree  Susan Welsh: But I agree with Ramey. CL = confidence level.
2 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!
agree  philgoddard: I agree with Ramey that it may be appropriate to leave it in German with a translation, though I would have thought even someone who knew no German might understand it. I don't think she should have posted a separate answer.
9 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
do not translate (lifeworld orientation)


Explanation:
In an American journal: https://suche.gmx.net/web?origin=serp_sf_atf&q=Hans Thiersch...
Many readers may have first encountered Thiersch with his work in the area of Lebensweltorientierung (lifeworld orientation), which has been influential in both theoretical and practice domains in Germany and elsewhere.

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 02:06
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 43
Grading comment
did it your way, thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Erzsébet Czopyk: Why do not translate a term which is accepted? This is a term in social care theory.
1 hr
  -> Because it is not exclusively so, Erzsébet. Also, the term is very specific. compare it, perhaps with Jungendstil - art deco is an accepted translation, but Jugendstil commonly used in English. Eventually, this term will also be.
agree  Susan Welsh: The advantage of this is that "lifeworld" is such a strange word in English. Choice depends upon the sophistication of the anticipated audience.
1 hr
  -> Exactly, Susan. also, there actually is more than one translation. I came across oriented towards life conditions' at an American University.
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Focus on social settings


Explanation:
We may be stuck with "lifeworld" even though it sounds like bad English to the uninitiated... This one, on the other hand, sounds a bit simplistic, but hey, let's just consider it a working translation.. I also thought of "social context orientation" but that seems to be a set term for another concept in psychology.

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 20:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 34
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