Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
一段掘り下げたところ
English translation:
that underlies ...
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Lekhika
May 25, 2015 15:34
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Japanese term
一段掘り下げたところ
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The following sentence appears in a paper on ontology and information science.
What is the meaning of 一段掘り下げたところ?
私たちがやりとりする言語活動を一段掘り下げたところにある論理や因果関係といった「メタ知識構造」を探りだそうというのが「メタ知識構造解析」プロジェクト。
What is the meaning of 一段掘り下げたところ?
私たちがやりとりする言語活動を一段掘り下げたところにある論理や因果関係といった「メタ知識構造」を探りだそうというのが「メタ知識構造解析」プロジェクト。
Proposed translations
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| 3 | that underlies ... |
Port City
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| 3 | that delves a deeper level |
David Patrick
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| 3 | in deeper level |
cinefil
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that underlies ...
It refers to the underlying 論理や因果関係 which accounts for 私たちがやりとりする言語活動.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2015-05-25 22:12:22 GMT)
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I mean 一段掘り下げたところ refers to what lies beneath the surface 言語活動. It's easier to translate 一段掘り下げたところにある as "underlying".
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Note added at 6 hrs (2015-05-25 22:12:22 GMT)
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I mean 一段掘り下げたところ refers to what lies beneath the surface 言語活動. It's easier to translate 一段掘り下げたところにある as "underlying".
Note from asker:
| Thank you. That explanation makes it such a nice phrase, typical to Japanese - so very expressive |
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that delves a deeper level
I think here 一段 refers to an extra stage, level or step and 掘り下げる is to probe, investigate, dig into, examine, plumb the depth. Something like "probe one step deeper into the so-called logic and causality of meta-knowledge structure."
Note from asker:
| Thank you. Your explanation helps. |
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