Oct 12, 2006 12:48
17 yrs ago
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Norwegian term
grenseløshet
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The text is an adoption home study (sosialrapport). This particular part tells about the applicant's knowledge and experience of children:
Hun var i perioden ... besøkshjem for et søskenpar. Barna, som var henholdsvis syv og åtte år da hun ble kjent med dem, var hos henne annenhver helg. Både gutten og jenta var tungt seksuelt misbrukt. Hun forteller at symptomene hun hadde blitt forberedt på at hun kunne møte, ikke kom så tydelig til uttrykk i samværene med henne. Hun merket det minst på gutten. Jenta hade fysiske symptomer, som magevondt og stiv kropp. Hun var noe preget av grenseløshet, og søker merket seg at hun var noe mer opptatt av kroppslige ting enn alderen skulle tilsi.
Hun var i perioden ... besøkshjem for et søskenpar. Barna, som var henholdsvis syv og åtte år da hun ble kjent med dem, var hos henne annenhver helg. Både gutten og jenta var tungt seksuelt misbrukt. Hun forteller at symptomene hun hadde blitt forberedt på at hun kunne møte, ikke kom så tydelig til uttrykk i samværene med henne. Hun merket det minst på gutten. Jenta hade fysiske symptomer, som magevondt og stiv kropp. Hun var noe preget av grenseløshet, og søker merket seg at hun var noe mer opptatt av kroppslige ting enn alderen skulle tilsi.
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limitlessness
Word for word, this would work - but it would be a poor translation, as grenseløshet is probably a poor choice of words in the source text. It is hard to understand this as anything but the girl showing symptoms of lacking constraints, being without borders, missing clear definitions of what's OK and what is not. To express this as grenseløshet is sloppy at best. Grenseløshet can (and probably should) be used as a positive term, indicating that there is no limit to what a person can achieve. In my opinion, it's the wrong term here, as is the suggested target term. Rewrite required.
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Christine Andersen
: Good description. not so much lack of discipline as not understanding personal limits (well, hers have obviously not been respected much).
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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her behaviour goes beyond normal limits
see the link about conflict management
an extract from the text: Their behavior goes beyond normal limits into destructive realms: the alcohol or substance-abuser, the violent person, the narcissistic individual, or the person with boundary and self control issues.
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Note added at 30 mins (2006-10-12 13:19:00 GMT)
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It should probably be "grenseoverskridende" and not "grenseløshet"...?
an extract from the text: Their behavior goes beyond normal limits into destructive realms: the alcohol or substance-abuser, the violent person, the narcissistic individual, or the person with boundary and self control issues.
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Note added at 30 mins (2006-10-12 13:19:00 GMT)
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It should probably be "grenseoverskridende" and not "grenseløshet"...?
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a lack of boundaries
This may not just be about the child's behaviour in relation to others, but also about the child's relationship to herself and her body (bearing in mind the history of sexual abuse).
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Larry Abramson
: Lack of limits is perhaps even better than lack of boundaries in this context, as we often talk of setting limits
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Thank you! I agree with you about "setting limits" for behaviour, but I think in a bodily sense (and in relation to abuse) boundaries is also commonly used. Could also be a UK/US thing...!
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Tore Bjerkek
: Normally this would indicate external boundries, ie. the boundaries set by the parents or authorities.
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uninhibited behavor
inhibition: As related to behavior, restraint on instinctive impulses.
uninhibited behavor is typically without restraint
Boundaries tends to be external ones set by parents or authorities.
Uninhibited behaviour is displaying lack of an internal mechanism to set our own boundaries.
uninhibited behavor is typically without restraint
Boundaries tends to be external ones set by parents or authorities.
Uninhibited behaviour is displaying lack of an internal mechanism to set our own boundaries.
1 day 20 hrs
boundlessness
PEP Web - The Poignant, the Excessive and the Enigmatic in Sexuality
... and feelings of *** violence and boundlessness that transgression arouses ***. ...
of course, as it is coupled with incest and the primal scene, ...
URL:
www.pep-web.org/document.php?id=ijp.079.0253a
... and feelings of *** violence and boundlessness that transgression arouses ***. ...
of course, as it is coupled with incest and the primal scene, ...
URL:
www.pep-web.org/document.php?id=ijp.079.0253a
3 days 20 hrs
...unable to understand boundaries (or accptable behaviour)
She was unable to understand certain boundaries
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Note added at 3 days20 hrs (2006-10-16 09:25:54 GMT) Post-grading
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'acceptable behaviour', of course
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Note added at 3 days20 hrs (2006-10-16 09:25:54 GMT) Post-grading
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'acceptable behaviour', of course
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