Mar 31, 2004 14:43
20 yrs ago
Japanese term
United States
「社会基本財」をＩＮＤＥＸとして、「もっとも不遇な人」を序数的に決し、再配分を行う。
Japanese to English
Social Sciences
Psychology
Rawls - Theory of Justice
This is a discussion or redistribution of wealth and justice based on groups of people.
社会基本財 "social primary goods"
もっとも不遇な人 "most unfavored individuals"
I'm having trouble with the terms "indexとして" and "序数的に決する" - any help is appreciated.
社会基本財 "social primary goods"
もっとも不遇な人 "most unfavored individuals"
I'm having trouble with the terms "indexとして" and "序数的に決する" - any help is appreciated.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | as an index, determine ordinally |
miyot
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| 4 | Standard |
Linda Hata
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| 4 | 再配分 |
proto
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| 3 | prioritize |
Mariko Kobayashi
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Proposed translations
5 hrs
Japanese term (edited):
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as an index, determine ordinally
"index" in this sentence would be 指標 in Japanese.
序数的 is a term used in economics and it means ordinal, as opposed to 基数的(cardinal).
The whole phrase in English can be translated as "use social primary goods as an index to ordinally determine the most unfavored individuals and distribute them."
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Note added at 9 hrs 53 mins (2004-04-01 00:36:25 GMT)
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When I wrote ¥"distribute them¥", I meant ¥"distribute the social primary goods¥".
序数的 is a term used in economics and it means ordinal, as opposed to 基数的(cardinal).
The whole phrase in English can be translated as "use social primary goods as an index to ordinally determine the most unfavored individuals and distribute them."
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Note added at 9 hrs 53 mins (2004-04-01 00:36:25 GMT)
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When I wrote ¥"distribute them¥", I meant ¥"distribute the social primary goods¥".
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This was the exact term I was looking for. I knew 序数 would translate to 'ordinal' but didn't understand how it fit in the sentence. Regarding the translation of "social primary goods" and "index", etc. - these are words used in some original English references and they are the desired English translations, even though the Japanese version seems to be somewhat different. (Kind of like those crazy movie titles I guess? )
Thanks all."
5 hrs
Mariko Kobayashi
Australia
Australia
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Works in field
Australia
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Works in: English to Japanese, Japanese to English
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Japanese term (edited):
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prioritize
Using "social primary goods" as an index (indexing tool), determine and prioritize "most unfavored individuals." Then redistribute xxx accordingly.
8 hrs
Linda Hata
United States
United States
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English
United States
12 years technical translations
Native in: English 
, Japanese
Works in: Japanese to English
Standard
I think the word INDEX here is meant more in the sense of a standard i.e. using 社会基本財as a standard. I don't know if 'goods' is the right translation for 財. I think they may be talking about wealth or fortune here and the もっとも不遇な人would be the most unfortunate ones. I'm assuming that they're talking about redistributing the wealth and not the people.
I think what they're saying is:
Use basic social wealth as a standard to determine who are the most unfortunate, rank them and then redistribute the wealth accordingly.
I think what they're saying is:
Use basic social wealth as a standard to determine who are the most unfortunate, rank them and then redistribute the wealth accordingly.
4 days
Japanese term (edited):
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再配分
agree with miyot, but believe "distribute" should be "redistribute."
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