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Biografieunabhängige

English translation: My suggestion

17:28 Jan 17, 2017
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology / Gestalt psychology
German term or phrase: Biografieunabhängige
Nicht zuletzt die evolutionspsychologische Ästhetik legt jedoch auch angeborene ästhetische Selektions- und Deutungspräferenzen nahe, die als kultur- und biografieunabhängige Deutungskonstanten gattungsspezifische Überlebensvorteile verstetigen.


What I did so far (again, rough and not finished):

Last but not least, the aesthetics of evolutionary psychology suggest innate preferences of aesthetic selection and interpretation however, which perpetuate genre-specific survival advantages as culture and (biographieunabhaengige) constants of interpretation.

The obvious is "biography" but I am thinking more along the lines of "life" - life, lifestyle, living etc
Markus Heinrich
Ireland
English translation:My suggestion
Explanation:
You have to paraphrase, and you can't translate every word. In particular, you can't reproduce the repetition of "Ästhetik/ästhetische" and "Deutung". I suggest something like:

Nicht zuletzt die evolutionspsychologische Ästhetik legt jedoch auch angeborene ästhetische Selektions- und Deutungspräferenzen nahe, die als kultur- und biografieunabhängige Deutungskonstanten gattungsspezifische Überlebensvorteile verstetigen.

However, evolutionary psychology also imposes innate aesthetic preferences when it comes to selecting meanings. These constants exist regardless of cultural background and life history, and offer specific benefits in terms of species survival.

(Gattung is species.)
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philgoddard
United States
Grading comment
Thank you Philgoddard, I appreciate the help.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1My suggestion
philgoddard
4devoid of (cultural and) biographical context
Michael Martin, MA
3not affected by culture and lifestyle
Whitney Maslak
2cut loose from biographical detail
gangels (X)
1 +1irrespective of biographical history (or background)
Wendy Streitparth


Discussion entries: 5





  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
My suggestion


Explanation:
You have to paraphrase, and you can't translate every word. In particular, you can't reproduce the repetition of "Ästhetik/ästhetische" and "Deutung". I suggest something like:

Nicht zuletzt die evolutionspsychologische Ästhetik legt jedoch auch angeborene ästhetische Selektions- und Deutungspräferenzen nahe, die als kultur- und biografieunabhängige Deutungskonstanten gattungsspezifische Überlebensvorteile verstetigen.

However, evolutionary psychology also imposes innate aesthetic preferences when it comes to selecting meanings. These constants exist regardless of cultural background and life history, and offer specific benefits in terms of species survival.

(Gattung is species.)

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 30
Grading comment
Thank you Philgoddard, I appreciate the help.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Phil. Yes you are right. When I do not understand something I translate it word for word first, and then I rearrange the sentence when I have "unlocked" it.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: There you go Phil, I'm sure Markus would love you to proofread his texts.
7 hrs
agree  milinad
1 day 14 hrs
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1 day 12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
cut loose from biographical detail


Explanation:
constants of interpretation...etc

gangels (X)
Local time: 23:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 15
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
irrespective of biographical history (or background)


Explanation:
Suggestion:

as interpretative constants, irrespective of culture and biographical history

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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2017-01-18 21:04:59 GMT)
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... the individual has his or her own embodied biographical history...
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kKovr__MBnUC&pg=PA21&lpg...

Dean and Woodcock have argued that the biographical history may be the most important part of the overall evaluation. (psychiatric/psychological evaluation)

Handbook of School Neuropsychology

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=v-KLQLTRb48C&pg=PA282&lp...

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 07:03
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anne Schulz: "cultural and biographical background" would be my choice (With regard to philgoddard's 'Biography doesn't do it for me' comment, is it correct to assume that "biographical" has broader connotation than "biography"?)
1 day 24 mins
  -> Thanks, Anne. In this case, yes. / OK, sorry. Thought you were querying it.
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1 day 8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
not affected by culture and lifestyle


Explanation:
I would phrase it "constants of interpretation that are. not affected by culture and lifestyle."

Whitney Maslak
United States
Local time: 23:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 days 7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
devoid of (cultural and) biographical context


Explanation:
And it’s not least evolutionary aesthetics that also puts forward innate aesthetic preferences in constructing and selecting meaning. As interpretative constants, devoid of cultural and biographical context, they perpetuate advantages that are beneficial to the survival of the species.

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 01:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 116
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