農耕民族系。
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peer agreement (net): +1agricultural people Explanation: Please refer to the sites below. Reference: http://homepage2.nifty.com/murasaki-miyako/english/a1greatwa... Reference: http://www2.alc.co.jp/ejr/index.php?word_in=%94_%8Dk%96%AF%9... |
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16 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1(Atmosphere of) peasantry / like working with a bunch of peasants Explanation: Hi flint2, You don't provide much context, but I'll take a punt and guess that your term is being used in a *derogatory* sense. If so, the nuance of "peasant" alludes to both this negativity as well as the agricultural background. It would sound more natural in English to say the atmosphere 'felt like working with/among a bunch of peasants.' Other (even more) derogatory terms could include 'rednecks,' etc. That will depend on whether my guess about your context is correct, though... HTH a little... Definitions of peasantry on the Web: * the class of peasants wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn * Members of the lowest class in some social class systems. regentsprep.org/Regents/global/vocab/topic_alpha.cfm LegalBiz Online Archive Introduction The gap that exists between zealots and peasants is a product of more challenging workplace issues such as the technological divides between communication, ... www.martindale.com/xp/Martindale/Professional_Resources/Leg... - 29k - Cached - Similar pages |
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6 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1country people Explanation: To me, farm people would suggest industrious and simple. Country people, on the other hand, would suggest easy going and friendly. I guess which you would use, depends on the context. |
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sedentary Explanation: This word describes agriculture-based society. Agricultural people must stay in same place, therefore not mobile (compare this to American society in general. It is called mobile-society -- at least used to). This is a good word to describe company's atomosphere too. Sedentary agriculturists are also industrious people, and nothing is indicated to be despondent and lazy. However, docility could be. |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2Like a farmers society. / They have a (typical) farming culture. Explanation: It is quite common among cultural anthropologists and ethnologists to compare 農耕民族 such as East Asian people and 狩猟民族 such as European people. There are arguments that the current cultural differences between ethnic groups can be traced to back to the types of societies of their ancestors. Farmers tend to place communal benefits over individual needs because agriculture required cooperation. Hunters tend to value individual initiatives. .... So this one word sentence means that the atmosphere of this workplace is like that of farmers. It can be positive, negative or both depending on the context. If it has a positive sense, it probably means that people prefer to cooperate, help each other, ... for the benefit of the workforce as a whole. If it has a negative sense, it means that people do not take initiatives, innovations are less likely to take place, .... It might also mean that people tend to avoid arguments, .... As a translation, I suggest following the convention among scholars because these words come from the academia. According to my quick Internet survey, scholars seem to be using "farmers", but please double check to be sure. 2006 「Introduction: Interaction between hunters and farmers」World Archaeological Congress (WAC) Inter-Congress, Osaka Museum of History（2006.01.13） 2006 「Kalahari model and symbiotic relationship between hunters and farmers in prehistory and history」World Archaeological Congress (WAC) Inter-Congress, Osaka Museum of History（2006.01.13） 2005 「クジラの保護と利用──ベーリング海からの展望」総研大葉山高等研究センタープロジェクト「地球環境問題と生物多様性に関する研究」総合研究大学院大学（2005.12.02） 2005 「狩猟採集民と農耕民との関係──DNA、考古学、民族学」『DNA考古学研究会』総合研究大学院大学（2005.12.17） http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/staff/ikeya/01.html 要約：先史時代における狩猟採集社会と農耕社会間における相互依存関係に関する仮説やモデルが東南アジア考古学に提示されて20年以上が経過している。 ... The analyses of data from the excavations of this field term (1995-97) are not yet fully finished. This preliminary report of Mabangog Cave excavation is also limited in analyses, but for the study of prehistoric interdependent relationships between hunter-gatherers and farmers in this area, this is the first step to collect data in the hilly area of Lal-lo. http://www.tufs.ac.jp/ts/personal/kidlat/Lallo/MabangogRepor... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2006-08-05 12:45:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Since you are looking for a positive sense, I would like to give a few more references that might help: 元来欧米人は狩猟民族であり各自が独自に行動して独自性を重視するのに対して、農耕民族であるアジア人は土地に根付いた生活で、もっぱら協調性を重視する。 http://www.nsgifu.jp/newpage5.htm 今までは協調性や穏やかな方を中心に採用してきました。これからは、その基本的な姿勢を持ちながら、組織に必要なことは強い意志で主張し、組織を変革する気概のある、個性的な人材、あらゆる分野に飛び込んでいける人材を求めていきます。いわば、農耕民族から狩猟民族への転換です。 http://bizcareer.nikkei.co.jp/job/job_detail.asp?jid=9198&jo... So cooperation and modesty are considered as positive qualities of 農耕民族. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days3 hrs (2006-08-07 12:07:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- To the Asker Note: I like your translation. Adding "close-knit" makes the meaning a little clearer. |
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