Jun 2, 2010 14:29
14 yrs ago
English term
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counterfactual
English to Swedish
Art/Literary
Philosophy
Seminar about third world aid
Context:
And the GDP in Africa is not making much progress.
Okay, fine. How do you know what would have happened without the aid?
Maybe it would have been much worse.
Or maybe it would have been better.
We have know idea. We don't know what the
**counterfactual** is. There's only one Africa.
And the GDP in Africa is not making much progress.
Okay, fine. How do you know what would have happened without the aid?
Maybe it would have been much worse.
Or maybe it would have been better.
We have know idea. We don't know what the
**counterfactual** is. There's only one Africa.
Proposed translations
(Swedish)
| 4 | den kontrafaktiska situationen |
Thomas Johansson
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| 5 +1 | kontrafaktiskt |
Thomas Loob
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| 3 +1 | alternativet |
Bo Soderholm
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| 4 | alternativet |
Helen Hedman Walderhaug
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Proposed translations
1 day 9 hrs
Thomas Johansson
Peru
Peru
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Works in: English to Swedish, Spanish to Swedish, Portuguese to Swedish
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English term (edited):
the counterfactual
Selected
den kontrafaktiska situationen
"The counterfactual" does not refer to an alternative to aid, but to the _situation_ that would have been in Africa if aid had not been given ("what would have happened without the aid?").
We don't know what the counterfactual is.
Vi vet inte vad den kontrafaktiska situationen skulle ha varit.
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Note added at 1 day9 hrs (2010-06-03 23:53:41 GMT)
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Och det handlar inte om villkorssatser heller, utan om en situation.
We don't know what the counterfactual is.
Vi vet inte vad den kontrafaktiska situationen skulle ha varit.
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Note added at 1 day9 hrs (2010-06-03 23:53:41 GMT)
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Och det handlar inte om villkorssatser heller, utan om en situation.
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Comment: "Thanks! "
+1
3 mins
Thomas Loob
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kontrafaktiskt
Kontrafaktisk villkorssats: Om Hitler hade vunnit 2:a världskriget, så...
+1
17 mins
Bo Soderholm
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alternativet
Det enkla är det simpla: "..vi vet inte vad alternativet är..."
Example sentence:
"..vi vet inte vad alternativet är..."
4 hrs
English term (edited):
the counterfactual
alternativet
Håller med både Thomas och Bo. Men "the counterfactual" passar bättre på engelska i sammanhanget. "Alternativet" skulle kanske kunna tolka som ett givarländernas alternativ till bistånd - kanske långsökt? Föreslår en översättning som "Vi vet inte hur det hade varit utan bistånd".
Example sentence:
We don't know what the counterfactual is.
Peer comment(s):
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Thomas Johansson
: Jag tror att denna omskrivning skulle vara bra i många fall, men just här handlar det specifikt om en akademisk-filosofisk diskussion, och där är ordet "kontrafaktisk" oftast ett viktigt nyckelbegrepp.
5 days
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Tack för kommentaren Thomas! Det måste nog vara nyckelbegreppet här!
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