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Sinnfindungsprozess

English translation: process of finding meaning

13:17 Apr 7, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Psychology
German term or phrase: Sinnfindungsprozess
Heutige hirnphysiologische, psychosoziale und philosophische Vorstellungen zur Identitätsvielfalt des Menschen ermöglichen seine gesellschaftliche Einbindung, seine Rollenfindung, in familiäre und berufliche sowie in sozio-kulturelle, religiöse und Sinnfindungsprozesse zu verstehen.
njbeckett
Germany
Local time: 05:02
English translation:process of finding meaning
Explanation:
You will find numerous Google hits for this expression.

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-04-07 14:51:00 GMT)
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Translation suggestion for the entire phrase:
... in familiäre und berufliche sowie in sozio-kulturelle, religiöse und Sinnfindungsprozesse >>
... into the processes of family and work, of sociocultural and religious life, and of finding meaning.
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NGK
United States
Local time: 22:02
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4process of finding meaning
NGK
4 +2process of finding (one's) purpose
Lingua.Franca
4 +2self-actualizing process
Ingrid Moore
4the process of self-discovery
Kate Northrop
3Mental process that allows you to make sense of things
Alba Arendsen
3process of meaning conceptualization
Lirka


Discussion entries: 2





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Mental process that allows you to make sense of things


Explanation:
Literally it's the "sense-finding-process", or the ability, the mental process, that allows you to make sense of things in the broader sense of the word: to be at peace with life itself.

Alba Arendsen
Local time: 05:02
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
process of finding (one's) purpose


Explanation:
I didn't succeed in being more imaginative putting it into a sentence, because I had to repeat "process".

the socio-cultural and religious processes, as well as the process of finding one's purpose.

Der Sinn des Lebens - The purpose of life. . .


    Reference: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%22process+of+finding...
    Reference: http://www.reife.ch/Fruehling05/sinnfindung.html
Lingua.Franca
Spain
Local time: 05:02
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Inge Meinzer
31 mins
agree  Alba Arendsen: agreed, this is better than mine.
1 hr
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
self-actualizing process


Explanation:
"...self actualization is not only an end state but also the process of actualizing one's potentialities at any time, in any amount. It is, for example, a matter of becoming smarter by studying if one is an intelligent person. Self-actualization means using one's intelligence. It does not mean doing some far-out thing necessarily, but it may mean
going through an arduous and demanding period of preparation in order to realize one's possibilities....self actualization means working to do well the thing that one wants to do;
http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/689/1/Self-Act...
Self-actualization is not a static state. It is an ongoing process in which one's capacities are fully, creatively, and joyfully utilized. "I think of the self-actualizing man not as an ordinary man with something added, but rather as the ordinary man with nothing taken away. The average man is a full human being with dampened and inhibited powers and capacities" (Dominance, self-esteem, self-actualization, p. 91);
http://www.abraham-maslow.com/m_motivation/Self-Actualizatio...



Example sentence(s):
  • Dr. Maslow is famous for his research in human psychology, the process of human self-actualization and the...;

    Reference: http://hubpages.com/tag/self-fulfillment/hot;
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_actualization#Self_Actuali...
Ingrid Moore
Local time: 05:02
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Partikian
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, David!
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
9 days
  -> Thank you, Harald!
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
process of finding meaning


Explanation:
You will find numerous Google hits for this expression.

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-04-07 14:51:00 GMT)
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Translation suggestion for the entire phrase:
... in familiäre und berufliche sowie in sozio-kulturelle, religiöse und Sinnfindungsprozesse >>
... into the processes of family and work, of sociocultural and religious life, and of finding meaning.

NGK
United States
Local time: 22:02
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 69
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anne-Marie Grant (X): that's what I was about to post!
1 min
agree  Kim Metzger: Or process of discovering meaning. http://tinyurl.com/c9kl47 But how to fit it in the sentence?
45 mins
agree  Armorel Young: or even "search for meaning"
2 hrs
agree  Helen Shiner: Yes, there are various ways of saying this, but the meaning is right.
3 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
process of meaning conceptualization


Explanation:
Not a philosopher myself, but maybe this will fit your text anyway...



Lirka
Austria
Local time: 05:02
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 3
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the process of self-discovery


Explanation:
...as well as the process of self-discovery.

Kate Northrop
Switzerland
Local time: 05:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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