Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Unwertposition
English translation:
get nowhere position (I-U-)
Added to glossary by
Sheila Hardie
Jun 2, 2002 09:12
22 yrs ago
German term
Spain
passion des mots
Native in: English 
Works in: Catalan to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
Unwertposition
German to English
Other
transactional analysis and other invented words
Werthaltungen & Beziehungspositionen
Ich bin o.K.!
Du bist nicht o.K.!
übersichere Position....
Ich bin nicht o.K.!
Du bist nicht o.K.!
***Unwertposition***
Wir sind beide wertlos
This is a text discussing value systems and transactional analysis. I am not sure how to translate Unwertposition. Could it be 'negativity position' or 'disvalue position'?
TIA for any ideas,
Sheila
Ich bin o.K.!
Du bist nicht o.K.!
übersichere Position....
Ich bin nicht o.K.!
Du bist nicht o.K.!
***Unwertposition***
Wir sind beide wertlos
This is a text discussing value systems and transactional analysis. I am not sure how to translate Unwertposition. Could it be 'negativity position' or 'disvalue position'?
TIA for any ideas,
Sheila
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
3 hrs
Selected
I-U- life position
This is how it is generally used within TA.
If you want it more descriptive, I'd opt for "negative life position", which is basically what it means.
Hope this helps
If you want it more descriptive, I'd opt for "negative life position", which is basically what it means.
Hope this helps
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks to everyone for their answers - they are all great. However, this one fits my context perfectly, as it is all about TA. Many thanks for the information about the OK Corral in the answer to my question about Gleichwertposition - I checked it out and think the term most commonly used in the TA jargon for this one is "get nowhere position" or, as you say, (I-U-). Who would have guessed! Sheila"
51 mins
Not sure
But may be a position not a value assigned
May be :not-assigned
or a free position
(I think negligible is not possible )
May be :not-assigned
or a free position
(I think negligible is not possible )
1 hr
Elisabeth Ghysels
Works in: German to English, English to German, Italian to German, and 36 more.
Related KudoZ points
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971
inferiority position
just a try! Note that Unwertposition and Gleichwertposition do not appear in Google, neither in Medline, which covers a lot of psychology papers; will be dificult to be sure then.
Greetings,
Nikolaus
Greetings,
Nikolaus
Reference:
1 hr
devalued position
Or de-valued. I don´t think "negative" and its relatives are quite right - this is the absence of value rather than a negative value - "we are both worthless".
I also would not favour "inferior" here, because it implies a comparison in which one side is better, but I don´t think that is the case here, it is even valueless-ness.
I also would not favour "inferior" here, because it implies a comparison in which one side is better, but I don´t think that is the case here, it is even valueless-ness.
1 hr
Elisabeth Ghysels
Works in: German to English, English to German, Italian to German, and 36 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
971
position of underconfidence
might be an alternative.
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Note added at 2002-06-02 10:55:22 (GMT)
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http://www.iew.unizh.ch/grp/hens/papers/MacieSS01.html
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Note added at 2002-06-02 11:03:16 (GMT)
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in view of the fact that both are equally underconfident, probably better: \"position of unconfidence\"
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ddiamond/mbti.html
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Note added at 2002-06-02 10:55:22 (GMT)
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http://www.iew.unizh.ch/grp/hens/papers/MacieSS01.html
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Note added at 2002-06-02 11:03:16 (GMT)
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in view of the fact that both are equally underconfident, probably better: \"position of unconfidence\"
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ddiamond/mbti.html
1 hr
William Stein
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Native in English
Costa Rica
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK)
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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1734
position of insecurity
Since the this term is the opposite of "overconfident", it ought to be something like "insecurity". From the context, "hypercritical position" or "self-denigrating position" would work, too.
Discussion
Sorry!