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Pole

English translation: opposing poles

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German term or phrase:Pole
English translation:opposing poles
Entered by: Rebecca Garber

20:15 Oct 10, 2005
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics / etymologie
German term or phrase: Pole
Good evening,

I would like to find out what "Pole" means in this context (please don't say it DOES really mean pole!). It is from a rather flowery text on the etymology, etc, of particular German words. The sentence is:

"Die Pole dieses Bedeutungsspektrums [vom Wort "Gewalt"] werden in der lateinischen politischen Sprache mit 'potestas' (Macht- und Herrschaftsbeziehungen) und 'volentia' (Gewaltsamkeit) markiert".

I haven't found any other meaning for this, apart from 'pole'. I'm guessing that it must mean an influence/basis of some sort, or just that. So far I have:

The influence of this range of meaning is marked out in the political Latin language with 'potestas' (Macht- und Herrschaftsbeziehungen - power relations) and violentia (Gewaltsamkeit – violence).

TIA!
Bianca Jacobsohn
France
Local time: 20:44
opposing poles
Explanation:
Mark the two ends of the range. It's not about influence.
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Rebecca Garber
Local time: 14:44
Grading comment
Thanks! ;o)
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3 +5opposing poles
Rebecca Garber
3crux
Stephen Sadie


  

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crux


Explanation:
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Stephen Sadie
Germany
Local time: 20:44
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
opposing poles


Explanation:
Mark the two ends of the range. It's not about influence.


Rebecca Garber
Local time: 14:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks! ;o)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ken Cox: the two ends of the range or spectrum of meaning(s)
13 mins
  -> Thanks, Kenneth
agree  CMJ_Trans (X): extremes
20 mins
  -> Thanks, CMJ
agree  jccantrell: But it REALLY does mean pole, like magnetic poles, North and South, 'poles apart.'
29 mins
  -> I know, you know, she doesn't. :)
agree  writeaway
58 mins
  -> Thanks, writeaway
agree  Susanne Rindlisbacher
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Susanne
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