Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
ventilera
English translation:
argue; discuss, debate, reason
Added to glossary by
Charlesp
Apr 17, 2018 12:03
6 yrs ago
Swedish term
ventilera
Swedish to English
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
here is the context: doktoranden har rätt att ventilera sin avhandling
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | argue |
Catherine Brix
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| 5 | dispute |
Helen Johnson
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| 3 | reason; discuss |
Sven Petersson
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| 3 | dissertate |
Paul Gratwick
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Change log
Apr 24, 2018 02:41: Charlesp changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/89240">Charlesp's</a> old entry - "ventilera "" to ""argue; discuss, debate, reason""
Proposed translations
+1
2 hrs
Selected
argue
ventilera as in "air", "discuss", "debate", "argue"...But don't we talk about arguing a thesis?
Note from asker:
| That works!@ 10 points to you!!! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
2 hrs
Sven Petersson
Sweden
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Medical Translator
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Works in: English to Swedish, Danish to Swedish, German to Swedish, and 13 more.
Related KudoZ points
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125
reason; discuss
:o)
Note from asker:
| "reason" sounds reasonable, and we could discuss if ventilera was to discuss the disseration, but it seeems to me that a stronger term is meant here. |
18 hrs
dissertate
Considering the circumstances, I suggest this slightly unusual, but certainly correct, verb. It means "to discuss a subject fully and learnedly".
However, if the target audience will not understand this word, then it wouldn't be a good choice.
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Note added at 19 hrs (2018-04-18 08:01:54 GMT)
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Sorry, I didn't quite understand your comments, could you elucidate more. Thanks
However, if the target audience will not understand this word, then it wouldn't be a good choice.
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Note added at 19 hrs (2018-04-18 08:01:54 GMT)
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Sorry, I didn't quite understand your comments, could you elucidate more. Thanks
Note from asker:
| dissertate! I learn something new every day: a person, not a system; we “proclaim,” not we argue or dissertate about. |
| First was my comment; then was a usage of the term dissertate |
2 days 22 hrs
Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
Taught MA translation at Uni of Surrey
Native in: English 
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
dispute
You dispute a doctoral thesis (in the UK, at least).
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Note added at 6 days (2018-04-24 11:15:48 GMT) Post-grading
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Sorry Charles, I should have said "defend", i.e. from the student's point of view rather than the examiner's point of view!
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Note added at 6 days (2018-04-24 11:15:48 GMT) Post-grading
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Sorry Charles, I should have said "defend", i.e. from the student's point of view rather than the examiner's point of view!
Note from asker:
| Thanks for the suggestion, but "dispute" to me sounds like what the opponent would do - not what the author of the disseration would do. |
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