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English translation: accounts for

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French term or phrase:	rendre raison
English translation:	accounts for
Entered by:	Jose Carrasco

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13:12 Apr 17, 2008

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Art/Literary - Psychology

French term or phrase: rendre raison

Telle est la « matérialité de l’inconscient », qui rend raison du symptôme.

Jose Carrasco KudoZ activity Questions: 3 (none open) Answers: 3
Local time: 20:54

accounts for

Explanation:
The "materiality" or the "stuff" of consciousness accounts for the symptom... is the explanation thereof...

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Sylvia Valls
Local time: 13:54

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Many thanks. I think this is the best option.
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Summary of answers provided

5 +2

accounts for

Sylvia Valls

accounts for

Melissa McMahon

explains why (the symptom) exists

Alain Pommet

Discussion entries: 1

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14 mins confidence:

explains why (the symptom) exists

Explanation:
Rendre raison, Expliquer pourquoi on fait quelque chose, pourquoi quelque chose est ou se fait.
http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Discuter:rendre/fusion_daf

Alain Pommet
Local time: 20:54
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

accounts for

Language variant: explains

Explanation:
The "materiality" or the "stuff" of consciousness accounts for the symptom... is the explanation thereof...

Sylvia Valls
Local time: 13:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Many thanks. I think this is the best option.

17 mins confidence:

accounts for

Explanation:
Agree with Alain's explanation of meaning, just another way of putting it:

'Such is the "materiality of the unconscious", which accounts for the symptom.'

Melissa McMahon
Australia
Local time: 04:54
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

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