ventilera

English translation: argue; discuss, debate, reason

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Swedish term or phrase:	ventilera
English translation:	argue; discuss, debate, reason
Entered by:	Charlesp

12:03 Apr 17, 2018

Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy

Swedish term or phrase: ventilera

here is the context: doktoranden har rätt att ventilera sin avhandling

Charlesp KudoZ activity Questions: 1488 (3 open) (1 without valid answers) (93 closed without grading) Answers: 1524 Sweden
Local time: 17:56

argue

Explanation:
ventilera as in "air", "discuss", "debate", "argue"...But don't we talk about arguing a thesis?

Selected response from:

Catherine Brix
Local time: 17:56

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

dispute

Helen Johnson

3 +1

argue

Catherine Brix

reason; discuss

Sven Petersson

dissertate

Paul Gratwick

Answers

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

argue

Explanation:
ventilera as in "air", "discuss", "debate", "argue"...But don't we talk about arguing a thesis?

Catherine Brix
Local time: 17:56
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: That works!@ 10 points to you!!!

2 hrs confidence:

reason; discuss

Explanation:
:o)

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 17:56
Native speaker of:

Swedish,

English
PRO pts in category: 125

Notes to answerer

Asker: "reason" sounds reasonable, and we could discuss if ventilera was to discuss the disseration, but it seeems to me that a stronger term is meant here.

18 hrs confidence:

dissertate

Explanation:
Considering the circumstances, I suggest this slightly unusual, but certainly correct, verb. It means "to discuss a subject fully and learnedly".
However, if the target audience will not understand this word, then it wouldn't be a good choice.

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Note added at 19 hrs (2018-04-18 08:01:54 GMT)
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Sorry, I didn't quite understand your comments, could you elucidate more. Thanks

Paul Gratwick
Sweden
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: dissertate! I learn something new every day: a person, not a system; we “proclaim,” not we argue or dissertate about.

Asker: First was my comment; then was a usage of the term dissertate

2 days 22 hrs confidence:

dispute

Explanation:
You dispute a doctoral thesis (in the UK, at least).

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Note added at 6 days (2018-04-24 11:15:48 GMT) Post-grading
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Sorry Charles, I should have said "defend", i.e. from the student's point of view rather than the examiner's point of view!

Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:56
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks for the suggestion, but "dispute" to me sounds like what the opponent would do - not what the author of the disseration would do.

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