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Bildungsgut

English translation: educational baggage/package, general education

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German term or phrase:Bildungsgut
English translation:educational baggage/package, general education
Entered by: Kevin Pfeiffer

16:13 Aug 8, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Philosophy
German term or phrase: Bildungsgut
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"Nicht-empirisch angelegte Naturvorstellungen wurden zum lediglich schmückenden, theorie-orientierten * Bildungsgut *"." Deals with the fall-out between natural sciences and natural philosophy. I am looking for a slightly negative, illustrative, yet brief, even knackigen, (nominative) way of saying this. To save you a trip: "established part of one's general education" :-(
Kevin Pfeiffer
Germany
Local time: 23:38
baggage, educational baggage
Explanation:
We've encountered something similar in French with "bagage".
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Brainstorm
Austria
Local time: 23:38
Grading comment
I ended up with something like "pieces of a general education" but I like the "educational baggage/package", too (was my 1st approach).
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2baggage, educational baggage
Brainstorm
3cultural staple
NGK
3intellectual wealth
Ingrid Blank
3educational asset
Christina Emmanuilidou
3cultural standard
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2 +1education package
Armorel Young


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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
education package


Explanation:
Does this have the slightly negative connotations you are looking for?

Armorel Young
Local time: 22:38
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Derek Gill Franßen: "educational package" (in quotation marks) See: http://www.fuelcellstore.com/cgi-bin/fuelweb/view=item/cat=1... ;-)
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cultural standard


Explanation:
:)

------ (X)
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educational asset


Explanation:
slightly negative is what you asked for, ....I guess this could be it.

Christina Emmanuilidou
Local time: 00:38
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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intellectual wealth


Explanation:
perhaps

Ingrid Blank
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
cultural staple


Explanation:
Would that work?

FYI, Langenscheidt translates Bildungsgut as cultural tradtion.

Maybe "part of the cultural tradition" would be another option.

NGK
United States
Local time: 16:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
baggage, educational baggage


Explanation:
We've encountered something similar in French with "bagage".


    Reference: http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0413/D.0413.199111...
    Reference: http://www.zingmagazine.com/zing2/r/drew.html
Brainstorm
Austria
Local time: 23:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I ended up with something like "pieces of a general education" but I like the "educational baggage/package", too (was my 1st approach).

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nancy Arrowsmith: superfluous educational baggage
22 mins
agree  Richard Benham: Or maybe "intellectual baggage". The French version is less pejorative, BTW.
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