enabling journey

16:02 Nov 9, 2012
English to German translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics
English term or phrase: enabling journey
Not sure if I posted this under the right heading. The text is by an intersex person describing the both literal and metaphorical journey she went on to meet other intersex people, confront people in her past and embrace her identity as intersex.

"I didn’t know xx was intersex while I was at school, and connecting with someone now as an adult who was around during my times of teen angst and could have been a support for me was a bittersweet experience. As the *enabling journey continued I had to face obstacles. Tensions between yy and me escalated to the point where yy left town, and my family – in particular, my mother and my father – found it very difficult to deal with the decision of their children being ‘out’."

"Journey" habe ich bisher wenn's im übertragenen Sinne war mit Weg übersetzt, ansonsten mit Reise. Dieses "enabling" macht mir aber Probleme - Es gab weitere Hindernisse auf meinem Weg zum Empowerment hört sich bescheuert an, oder?

Hier ist übrigens mill - habe mein Passwort vergessen und kann mich bei Proz nicht einloggen...
mill1


Summary of answers provided
3Weg der Bewusstwerdung
Steffen Walter
3Selbstfindung
Coqueiro
2 +1Weg zur Kraft
Ramey Rieger (X)
3Coming Out
Matthias Brombach


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Weg der Bewusstwerdung


Explanation:
Wie wäre es damit?

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 12:47
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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Selbstfindung


Explanation:
könnte passen

Coqueiro
Local time: 12:47
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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Weg zur Kraft


Explanation:
I don't know if this works grammatically

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Note added at 17 hrs (2012-11-10 09:33:11 GMT)
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HindernisseN

Example sentence(s):
  • Auf meinem weitern Weg zur Kraft war ich mit Hindernisse konfrontiert.
Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 12:47
Native speaker of: English

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agree  João de Andrade
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Coming Out


Explanation:
Man fragt sich, warum dieser Begriff nicht bereits im Quelltext verwendet wird, macht ihn deswegen aber nicht zu einer uninteressanten Alternative. Vorausgesetzt natürlich, der Erzähler meint an dieser Stelle sein eigenes Coming Out. Coming Out trifft nicht nur auf Homosexuelle zu und der Leser versteht sofort, was gemeint ist.

Matthias Brombach
Germany
Local time: 12:47
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
Notes to answerer
Asker: Dieser Begriff wird in der Tat an anderen Stellen im Quelltext verwendet, aber eben nicht hier...

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