Dec 26, 2014 19:33
9 yrs ago
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German term
Beschäftigung
German to English
Art/Literary
History
"Die früheste nachweisbare Beschäftigung des Menschen mit Anatomie findet sich während der Ausbreitung der präantiken Kulturen des Zweistromlandes."
I am having a hard time findings a suitable word for Beschaeftigung here. I don't want to use "study" as it was not really a study....'Preoccupation' is too strong. Any ideas?
Thanks!
I am having a hard time findings a suitable word for Beschaeftigung here. I don't want to use "study" as it was not really a study....'Preoccupation' is too strong. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +5 | interest in/attention to |
Ramey Rieger (X)
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| 4 +1 | preoccupation |
Helen Shiner
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| 3 | Engagement |
billcorno (X)
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| 3 | contemplation |
Michael Martin, MA
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Proposed translations
+5
39 mins
Selected
interest in/attention to
The earliest documented instance of (human) attention to anatomy/interest in anatomy......
Peer comment(s):
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Horst Huber (X)
: Yes, the logic of the German is a bit shaky, the "interest" is found (?) in the "expansion", when actually the evidence for the interest is part of the evidence for the expansion?
1 hr
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I read the evidence of interest is discovered during the upsurge of...Guten Rutsch, Horst!
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| agree |
Usch Pilz
: Guess this is as close as it gets! Enjoy this special in between time!
13 hrs
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Will do and you, too, Sweet Usch! SNOW!!!
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Jacek Konopka
: Yes, the sense 'makes' the point, not a sing. word.
14 hrs
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Go gently into that New Year!
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| agree |
Edith Kelly
19 hrs
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Thanks Edith, Happy 2015!
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| agree |
Yorkshireman
: Sounds right to me! VHNY2U!!
1 day 4 hrs
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The very same to you, Yorkshireman!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I used this idea, although other suggestions were valid as well. Thanks!"
1 hr
Engagement
Another option...
11 mins
Michael Martin, MA
United States
United States
Native in German
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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74
contemplation
Mankind's contemplation of anatomy
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Note added at 4 hrs (2014-12-26 23:37:55 GMT)
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“Contemplation” is a good match for Auseinandersetzung/Beschäftigung not only in the broad sweep of history but also in the much smaller window of the example below.
"It stated that before the anatomy demonstration, students had to attend preparatory lectures, where certain doctrines would be explained to ready them for “the contemplation of anatomy."
https://books.google.com/books?id=LmvTMH1WG9cC&pg=PA77&lpg=P...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2014-12-26 23:37:55 GMT)
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“Contemplation” is a good match for Auseinandersetzung/Beschäftigung not only in the broad sweep of history but also in the much smaller window of the example below.
"It stated that before the anatomy demonstration, students had to attend preparatory lectures, where certain doctrines would be explained to ready them for “the contemplation of anatomy."
https://books.google.com/books?id=LmvTMH1WG9cC&pg=PA77&lpg=P...
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6 hrs
Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Arts/Academic translator - Art historian
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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105
preoccupation
The main preoccupation of the Archaic sculptor seems to be the accurate depiction of the human features, an obsession that developed for over one century until it reached its apogee in classical Greece, and its conclusion in the Hellenistic and Roman art. The human body of the early Kouroi was depicted as a series of carefully interrelated geometric planes that broadly suggested the human features in a strict symmetrical arrangement (Metropolitan Kouros). Even in the early Archaic period however the preoccupation with reality is evident through the highly stylized surfaces.
http://ancient-greece.org/art/kouros.html
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wdUfv4NJV-sC&pg=PA79&lpg...
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Note added at 6 hrs (2014-12-27 02:19:35 GMT)
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I see that you say 'preoccupation' is too strong. It can mean almost 'obsessed' in everyday speech, but when used in academic writing, it merely means that was where their focus lay.
http://ancient-greece.org/art/kouros.html
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wdUfv4NJV-sC&pg=PA79&lpg...
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Note added at 6 hrs (2014-12-27 02:19:35 GMT)
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I see that you say 'preoccupation' is too strong. It can mean almost 'obsessed' in everyday speech, but when used in academic writing, it merely means that was where their focus lay.
Peer comment(s):
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Ramey Rieger (X)
: Hi Helen! My first thought (or study of) as well. I wish you a wonderful start in 2015 that prepares you for whatever may come, and may that be the best!
5 hrs
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Thought I must have repeated you since you chose neutral and gave no reason for doing so, but I haven't. Thanks for kind wishes; you too!
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Wendy Streitparth
: My first idea too. "Thus, there can be no doubt that at all that his intensive preoccupation with anatomy...raised itself beyond details to higher perspectives." His being Goethe... https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mnEECnctw-IC&pg=PT12&lpg...
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Thanks, Wendy - good source.
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Discussion
THANKS AGAIN and best of luck in 2015!