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English to Russian: From Fritjof Capra's 'Hidden Connections'
Source text - English THE NATURE OF LIFE
Before introducing the new unified framework for the understanding of biological and social phenomena, I would like to revisit the age-old question "What is life?" and look at it with fresh eyes. I should emphasize right from the start that I will not address this question in its full human depth, but will approach it from a strictly scientific perspective; and even then, my focus will at first be narrowed down to life as a biological phenomenon. Within this restricted framework, the question may be rephrased as: "What are the defining characteristics of living systems?"
Social scientists might prefer to proceed in the opposite order--first identifying the defining characteristics of social reality, and then extending into the biological domain and integrating it with corresponding concepts in the natural sciences. This would no doubt be possible, but having been trained in the natural sciences and having previously developed a synthesis of the new conception of life in these disciplines, it is natural for me to begin there.
I could also argue that, after all, social reality evolved out of the biological world between two and four million years ago, when a species of "Southern apes" (Australopithecus afarensis) stood up and began to walk on two legs. At that time, the early hominids developed complex brains, toolmaking skills and language, while the helplessness of their prematurely born infants led to the formation of the supportive families and communities that became the foundation of human social life. Hence, it makes sense to ground the understanding of social phenomena in a unified conception of the evolution of life and consciousness.
Translation - Russian ПРИРОДА ЖИЗНИ
Прежде чем приступить к формулированию новой единой основы понимания биологических и социальных явлений, мне бы хотелось вернуться к древнему вопросу "Что такое жизнь?", посмотрев на него свежим взглядом. Я должен сразу же подчеркнуть, что не намерен подходить к этому вопросу со всей возможной для человека глубиной, но собираюсь ограничиться чисто научным его рассмотрением -- более того, на первых порах я буду говорить о жизни лишь как о биологическом феномене. С учетом этих оговорок указанный вопрос можно перефразировать так: "Каковы определяющие характеристики живых систем?"
Специалисты в общественных науках, вероятно, предпочли бы двигаться в противоположном направлении: сперва выяснить определяющие характеристики общественной реальности и лишь затем перейти к сфере биологического, установив надлежащее соответствие с понятиями естественных наук. Такой подход, безусловно, возможен, но для меня, получившего естественнонаучное образование и уже разработавшего новую, синтетическую концепцию жизни в этих дисциплинах, разумно начать именно отсюда, с определения жизни.
Я мог бы также указать, что общественная реальность в конечном итоге произросла из биологического мира 2-4 миллиона лет назад, когда австралопитеки (Australopithecus afarensis) начали ходить на двух ногах. Именно тогда у древних гоминидов развился сложный мозг, навыки изготовления орудий труда и язык, а беспомощность их недоношенных детенышей привела к возникновению заботливой семьи и сообществ, заложивших фундамент социальной жизни человека. Таким образом, социальные явления могут быть лучше поняты, если взять за основу объединенную концепцию эволюции жизни и сознания.
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Years of experience: 28. Registered at ProZ.com: Dec 2004.
Born 1966 in Kiev, Ukraine. Graduated (1990) from Taras Shevchenko Kiev State University, Dept. of Radiophysics. Have been working for 12 years in the field of plasma physics (in Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research), obtained a PhD degree in the field (2002).
I am working as a translator since 1996. During that time, 30+ books were translated and published, i.e. that by such authors as Mircea Eliade, Carlos Castaneda, Lobsang Rampa, Alan Watts, Anthony Aveni, Fritjof Capra. Some titles can be found here.
Though most of the books mentioned are in fields that could be roughly qualified as humanities, such matters as natural science, engineering and technology are by no means foreign to me either -- due to both my education and translation works I did as a sideline.
My foremost commitment is to quality of my translations. I strongly believe that texts in any field should be and can be readable and comprehensive.
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