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Dec 7, 2020 07:12
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German term

sich auf etw zu sinnen lernen

German to English Marketing Agriculture
In ihnen steckt das ganze Knowhow für hochwertige und gesunde »Lebens-Mittel« aus biologisch-dynamischem Saatgut – für die nächsten 7 Generationen und weit darüber hinaus, so sich die Menschheit auf ein achtsames und verantwortungsvolles Handeln zu besinnen lernt.

learn to remind itself of mindful and responsible acts??


VIELEN DANK!!
Proposed translations (English)
3 revert to
4 come to their senses and learn to
4 learn to pay attention to something
3 reminding humanity to contemplate the attentiveness and responsibility of their deeds
3 learns to act mindfully and responsibly
Change log

Dec 7, 2020 09:13: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Science" to "Marketing"

Discussion

Steffen Walter Dec 7, 2020:
Besinnen The verb is not "sich sinnen" (as in your question headline) but "sich besinnen".

Proposed translations

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revert to

if mankind reverts to mindful (or sustainable) and responsible practices.

we are able to gradually transition from being dependent consumers to becoming mindful and responsible producers.
https://www.urbanfarmschool.ca/about-ufs

while promoting a new type of farmer, one who is more mindful and responsible.
http://www.expo2015.org/magazine/en/sustainability/february-...
Peer comment(s):
neutral Gordon Matthews : Please see my comment on Michael Martin's answer re use of the word "mankind". I try to be mindful of the use of non-sexist language.
18 hrs
If it makes you feel happier, one could use 'humankind', but in this instance I don't feel that 'mankind' is in any way discriminating.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "vielen Dank!"
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reminding humanity to contemplate the attentiveness and responsibility of their deeds

Teaching humanity to...
...so humanity remembers to act with attentiveness and responsibility
Peer comment(s):
neutral Gordon Matthews : The key word is "to contemplate". My direct answer/translation would be "to learn to contemplate something". And I would use the word "actions" in preference to "deeds", which sounds old-fashioned to me.
4 hrs
Hmm
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come to their senses and learn to

"...so that the world will come to its senses/ mankind may come to their senses and learn to engage in responsible and respectful stewardship."

Or simply:
"giving mankind an incentive to engage in responsible and respectful stewardship"
Peer comment(s):
neutral Gordon Matthews : I banned "mankind" from my vocabulary long ago. "humankind" and "humanity" are perfectly acceptable alternatives. "mankind" excludes half of humankind.
3 hrs
That's great. I'd be more than happy to replace mankind with humankind but that can hardly be the clincher here. There are other linguistic aspects to this query that I am far more interested in.
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learn to pay attention to something

The whole phrase would then read: "so that humankind might learn to pay attention to the mindfulness and responsibility of their actions."
"to consider" or "to contemplate" would be alternative translations of "sich besinnen", but I think "to pay attention to" works best in this case.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Lancashireman : I was looking for the Gordon Matthews neutral here, but then saw who had posted the answer.
1 day 5 hrs
Fooled you!
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1 day 9 hrs

learns to act mindfully and responsibly

My interpretation.
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