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English translation: Spirit of Community Altruism

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Hebrew term or phrase:	In a LIST in a ltr. of recommendation
English translation:	Spirit of Community Altruism
Entered by:	Gad Kohenov

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20:03 Jul 22, 2008

Hebrew to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources / התנדבות

Hebrew term or phrase: In a LIST in a ltr. of recommendation

This individual showed, over the years - - - integrity, devotion, non-potentiality (my translation and interpretation).
How would you translate התנדבות -of the Israeli kind - in this context, where "voluntarism" sounds awkward and grammatically inappropriate?

Sogifted KudoZ activity Questions: 59 (2 open) (2 without valid answers) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 124 United States
Local time: 12:47

Spirit of Community Altruism

Explanation:
Blood donation. Britain's blood service is committed to spirit of ...
Britain's blood service is committed to spirit of altruism among donors.
E. A. Robinson ... See the article "Blood donation--altruism or profit? ...
www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2351805 - Similar pages
One Hundred Good Women - The Spirit of Community Altruism
One Hundred Good Women is a non-political and not-for-profit community of women
and men embodying the spirit of altruism. We believe service creates strong ...
www.100goodwomen.org/ - 25k - Similar pages

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Gad Kohenov
Local time: 19:47

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

public spiritedness

judithyf

3 +2

Spirit of Community Altruism

Gad Kohenov

[Why not construct the sentence differently]

Doron Greenspan MITI

going beyond the call of duty

Michal Circolone

volunteerism

Erez Volk

Answers

8 mins confidence:

going beyond the call of duty

Explanation:
or:
volunteering, providing community service, going the extra mile.

Lot's more variants, it really depends your context.
What do you mean hitnadvoot in the Israeli sense?

Michal Circolone
United States
Local time: 10:47
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Hebrew

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you, Michal.

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Spirit of Community Altruism

Gad Kohenov
Local time: 19:47
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French,

Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 11

Grading comment

Thank you

11 mins confidence:

התנדבות volunteerism

Explanation:
Not much more natural-sounding to me, but it is pretty popular in related websites.

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Note added at 14 mins (2008-07-22 20:17:15 GMT)
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Note that "volutarism" seems to mean "relying on voluntary work", not "willing to volunteer".

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Note added at 14 mins (2008-07-22 20:17:48 GMT)
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Forgot this in my previous note: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=voluntarism

Erez Volk
Local time: 19:47
Native speaker of:

Hebrew

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you Erez. that was the choice I rejected from the top.

9 hrs confidence:

[Why not construct the sentence differently]

Explanation:
These are just some of the endless varieties you can employ:

This individual showed, over the years, integrity, devotion, and...
...never tired in his volunteering efforts within the community.
...demonstrated a continuous wish to help/volunteer within the community.
...volunteered again and again within the community.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2008-07-23 06:15:06 GMT)
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Of course, you should tie in the first 3 qualities with an "and".

Doron Greenspan MITI
Local time: 19:47
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Hebrew,

English

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

public spiritedness

Explanation:
the willingness to do things for others without reward

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Note added at 12 days (2008-08-04 07:03:08 GMT)
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A couple of years ago, I met a British dentist who had come to Israel on some scheme to volunteer his services. I remarked (the first expression that came to mind) that it was very public spirited of him...

judithyf
Local time: 19:47
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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Aug 5, 2008 - Changes made by Gad Kohenov:
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