German: die reine LehreEnglish translation: pure doctrine, in the abstract, true teachings/traditions, conventional wisdom, fundamentals of 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | die reine Lehre | | English translation: | pure doctrine, in the abstract, true teachings/traditions, conventional wisdom, fundamentals of | | Entered by: | Jonathan MacKerron |
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Linguistics | | German term or phrase: die reine Lehre | I have no specific context here, simply a discussion with a fellow translator about what this might translate as in specific cases.
In general, I take it to mean theory versus practice, but depending on the context also things like "conventional wisdom". I've not found it in any bilingual dictionary, so would appreciate any specific entries/examples you all might be able to offer in this regard.
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| | the pure doctrine | Explanation:
without any context at all
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Note added at 2004-02-21 15:48:44 (GMT)
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Often used in a religious sense in English. Maybe the German tends to be more widely used, more sarcastically perhaps (in the sense of the gospel truth). Can you give us any indication of what you are getting at?
Theory versus practice would certainly be a possibility in some contexts.
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Note added at 2004-02-21 15:49:41 (GMT)
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Often used in a religious sense in English. Maybe the German tends to be more widely used, more sarcastically perhaps (in the sense of the gospel truth). Can you give us any indication of what you are getting at?
Theory versus practice would certainly be a possibility in some contexts. |
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Anne Gillard-Groddeck
Germany
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| the pure doctrine
Explanation:
without any context at all
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Note added at 2004-02-21 15:48:44 (GMT)
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Often used in a religious sense in English. Maybe the German tends to be more widely used, more sarcastically perhaps (in the sense of the gospel truth). Can you give us any indication of what you are getting at?
Theory versus practice would certainly be a possibility in some contexts.
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Note added at 2004-02-21 15:49:41 (GMT)
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Often used in a religious sense in English. Maybe the German tends to be more widely used, more sarcastically perhaps (in the sense of the gospel truth). Can you give us any indication of what you are getting at?
Theory versus practice would certainly be a possibility in some contexts.
| | Note from asker to answerer| Thanks to all contributors, I've entered several solutions into the glossary. |
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Explanation:
im Bereich Universität bezieht sich *reine Lehre* darauf, dass nur Wissen vermittelt wird und nicht geforscht wird.
Es gibt auch den Ausdruck *reine Forschung* - ein Angestellter, der sich nur auf die Forschung konzentriert und kein Wissen vermittelt
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Note added at 2004-02-21 13:54:35 (GMT)
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« zurück zur Rubrik Wissen
hochschule
Wo bleibt die Lehre?
In der Elite-Debatte darf es nicht nur um Forschung gehen /Von Christian Bode
Von Von Christian Bode
Die Vorschläge zu deutschen ?Eliteuniversitäten? leiden fast alle an derselben Schieflage: Es geht nur um die (Spitzen-)Forschung, nicht um die Qualität der Lehre. Und es zählt nur der wissenschaftliche Nachwuchs und nicht das Gros der Absolventen. Dieser akademische ?Tunnelblick? entspricht den Wertvorstellungen der Zunft ebenso wie ihren Berufungskriterien und Gehaltstabellen: Reine Forschung ist Spitze (Max-Planck-Institute), reine Lehre ist allenfalls Breite (Fachhochschulen). ?Spitzenlehre? existiert nicht einmal als Begriff im Vokabular der Hochschulpolitik.
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Note added at 2004-02-21 13:56:10 (GMT)
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| the clean gauge
Explanation:
another possibility, if context is unknown
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Note added at 3 hrs 35 mins (2004-02-21 16:40:19 GMT)
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If I see this expression without any context, Anne Gillard-Groddeck\'s suggestion would be my first association: *pure doctrine*, puristic interpretation of the doctrine, orthodoxy, but certainly NOT *conventional wisdom*.
But if it is an example for a linguistic discussion, you\'d better consider ALL possible contexts :-))
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