English translation: multiply without any restraint
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Spanish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Philosophy
Spanish term or phrase:proliferen inimputablemente
Lamentablemente, como ésta última no está especificada con claridad en los textos del programa, pero incluye tres delicadas dimensiones (critical, creative and caring thinking), cuyos campos de acción y modos de interacción son ambiguos, es comprensible que las interpretaciones personales de la concepción de razonabilidad de la P4C proliferen inimputablemente
I used Deborah's suggestion, but the client rejected it. We've ended up going with this. Thank you, Leonardo! 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
Creo que está usando "inimputablemente" como forma de decir "de manera irresponsable". Supongo que Leonardo está pensando algo parecido; me abstengo de votar para que los "native speakers" me enseñen. :-)
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multiply without any restraint
Explanation: Mi sugerencia. I guess "any" could be left out.
Leonardo Lamarche Venezuela Local time: 00:49 Native speaker of: Spanish PRO pts in category: 4
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I used Deborah's suggestion, but the client rejected it. We've ended up going with this. Thank you, Leonardo!
proliferate unchecked by meaningful scrutiny (see explanation)
Explanation: This is philosophical jargon, and we have to respect that vocabulary.
For "proliferen" I like the literal "proliferate".
My take of the meaning here (loosely put) is that without a clearly defined philosophical foundation, which would serve as the basis for meaingful scrutiny, it is reasonable to conclude that personal interpretations of just what "reasonability" (yes, it's a word) amounts to in practice will be given free rein.
So here are some suggested solutions for "proliferen inimputablemente":
1) proliferate unchecked by meaningful scrutiny.
or the long, say-it-all option:
2) proliferate unchecked, there being no basis for meaningful scrutiny.
or simply:
4) proliferate without meaningful scrutiny.
For me, "meaningful" and "scrutiny" are the most accurate and philosophically correct terms.
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There is also an accurate, but somewhat obscure, one-word solution:
unattributably.
The use of "imputable" in this passage carries the meaning of: attributable, linkable, ascribable.
The personal interpretations may proliferate with no clear basis for attribution, no clear reference point. Attribution here carries both the legal sense and the philosophical sense.
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So, "unattributably" may work just fine.
twiginbeak Local time: 23:19 Works in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
Explanation: Pardon the second answer. I've only done this once before.
Liz's reference motivated me to take another look at this. I entered this as a note to my first answer, but such notes are often overlooked. More explanation is there. I believe the speaker is referring to unattributability in regard to philosophical origins, thus the impunity of the personal interpretations to meaningful scrutiny. So it's all of these meanings.
twiginbeak Local time: 23:19 Works in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
Reference information: una inimputable
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Como se eso la convirtiera en una inimputable' 'unfit to plead' or immune from punishment, or something else? The dictionary gives 'unfit to ... www.proz.com › KudoZ home › Spanish to English › Law (general) - Cached
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una inimputable
'La hermana X, una religiosa [...] evade su responsibilidad amparandose en una cuestion de edad. Como se eso la convirtiera en una inimputable'
'unfit to plead' or immune from punishment, or something else? The dictionary gives 'unfit to plead' but I feel that this term is weaker than the Spanish phrase as it simply means that the person in question is unfit (through age, infirmity or mental state) - it doesn't seem to carry the connotation of not actually being guilty or susceptible to sanction.
All comments appreciated.
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English translation:as if that placed her beyond the reach of the law, as if that made her guillt-free, ...
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as if that were any excuse, as if that made her exempt from responsibility, as if that gave her legal infallibility.
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And dare I suggest that there might be an (untranslatable) play on words here which would suggest that the word inimputable might not have been chosen solely for its legalistic sound? 'Imputar a una monja' could possibly be taken in more than one way.
liz askew United Kingdom Native speaker of: English
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