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Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. | | French term or phrase: Expression de la pensée sociale sur le terrorisme et phénomènes d'implication | Bonjour,
Dans "Expression de la pensée sociale sur le terrorisme et phénomènes d'implication", c'est surtout l'"expression" qui me pose problème : en français, le substantif semble faire sens (comme dans "modalités d'expression de la pensée sociale"), mais en anglais il semble sonner faux!
Pour pensée sociale, j'ai toujours débattu entre "social thought" et "social thinking" : il y a des textes et articles en nombre pour chacun. Qu'en pensez-vous?
Au fond, le problème semble le même dans les deux cas :
- expression : "expression" (substantif) ou "expressing" ? ;
- pensée sociale : "social thought" (substantif) ou "social thinking"?
Pourriez-vous me conseiller? Merci beaucoup. |
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 lundy
France
Local time: 23:44
| Grading comment Thanks again Lundy for your helpful input.
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27 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 Expression of social thinking
Explanation:
I'm presuming this is a title and this is what I would spontaneously say without any more context
| lundy
France
Local time: 23:44
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 4
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| | Grading comment | Thanks again Lundy for your helpful input. |
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5 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 expression of social thought
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Note added at 22 mins (2008-09-07 16:30:14 GMT)
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... on terrorism and involvement phenomena"
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-09-07 20:20:29 GMT)
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Répondant à la question que me pose writeaway, je choisis le substantif par analogie: "marxist thought", "philosophical thought", "collective thought" = "la pensée marxiste, philosophique, collective" vs. "le penser marxiste, philosophique, collectif"
En ce sens google est d'ailleurs indiscutable: plus de 70 pages pour "la pensée" (marxiste, philosophique ou collective) contre 1 a 3 entrées et 3 pages pour "le penser"
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1 hr confidence: | Expression de la pensée sociale sur le terrorisme et phénomènes d\'implication social commentary
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What is the expression of social thought if not social commentary? Just as "expression de la pensée critique" would be simply criticism -I believe, anyway!
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Note added at 5 hrs (2008-09-07 21:40:45 GMT)
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Yup, I was wrong.
Note: social thinking appears to be the term you are after - referring to how human beings perceive each other, the thoughts that drive human interactions etc.
Social thought on the other hand refers to theory (e.g. individualism, humanism cd be schools of social thought...)
Without more context it's hard to say which one you need!
"social thought" refers more to social theories
| enloude
Local time: 17:44
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Native speaker of: English
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Asker: Thanks, enloude. Social thinking actually is expressed in specific ways ; you are right-all sorts of social communications : rumors, propaganda, etc., but not only. It also refers to social representations, reasoning canevasses, stereotypes, -- which is somewhat where the difficulty comes from in translating it.
Another perspective on social thinking gave "social cognition", which is the more "American" side of the social psychology.
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