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convivenza sociale

English translation: social harmony /cohesion / unity /solitarity coexistence

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Italian term or phrase:convivenza sociale
English translation:social harmony /cohesion / unity /solitarity coexistence
Entered by: James (Jim) Davis

05:40 Jun 6, 2007
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / urban planning
Italian term or phrase: convivenza sociale
The word convivenza appears about 15 times in 6,000 words of text. Is there anything better than "to support living together in society"?


Sono reti a volte più strutturate, a volte più deboli, che vanno rafforzate per permettere loro di radicarsi localmente e svilupparsi e nelle stesso tempo di superare i confini del proprio “laboratorio” e connettersi con altre iniziative e progetti, in modo da costruire una trama urbana di esperienze a sostegno della ***convivenza sociale*** e della vivibiltà urbana.
James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 10:05
social harmony
Explanation:
hi Jim,

In this context, you might want to try something along these lines:

... promoting social harmony and urban quality

An alternative to "cohesion".
Selected response from:

irenef
Local time: 08:05
Grading comment
Thanks Irene and thanks to everybody else. Pity I can't split the points.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4social coexistence
David Russi
3 +1social unity/solidarity/cohesion
Nicole Johnson
4social harmony
irenef
3sociality
Christina Townsend
3Social cohabitation
Gad Kohenov


  

Answers


18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
social coexistence


Explanation:
A possibility

David Russi
United States
Local time: 00:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
social unity/solidarity/cohesion


Explanation:
Some more options. which may be more or less appropriate depending on the context.

Example sentence(s):
  • is another debate in which social unity plays a prominent role, namely, the ... desirable in a political context are cooperative unity and social solidarity. ...
  • Social cohesion refers to mutual trust among neighbors combined with willingness to intervene on behalf of the common good.

    Reference: http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/phil/faculty/young/socialuni...
    Reference: http://www.communitiescount.org/C_social_cohesion.htm
Nicole Johnson
Italy
Local time: 08:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Loretta Bertoli
1 hr
  -> Thanks Loretta.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
social harmony


Explanation:
hi Jim,

In this context, you might want to try something along these lines:

... promoting social harmony and urban quality

An alternative to "cohesion".


irenef
Local time: 08:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
Thanks Irene and thanks to everybody else. Pity I can't split the points.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
sociality


Explanation:
Hi Jim
don't laugh, I know it sounds odd :-)
I did come across this term a while ago and it seems to be used in sociology texts for describing the way people or animals live together and interact. Whether or not you'd want to use it in your context is another matter :-)
But it might prove useful as an alternative seeing as your "convivenza sociale" crops up so often.
HIH
Chris



Example sentence(s):
  • Foundations of Human Sociality. Economic Experiments and Ethnographic Evidence from Fifteen Small-Scale Societies
  • the tendency to associate with others and to form social groups; "mammals as a class are not strong on sociality"

    Reference: http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/economic...
    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/definition/sociality
Christina Townsend
Local time: 08:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Laugh, laugh, who's laughing? Christina this term "socialità" is the new sociologist's buzz word this year, it is already in the text 13 times. I just ducked out of it with "sociality". It means talking talking and doing things together, things we've been doing since sex was invented, but they have to have a new word for it. I do apologise to any sociologist's who might read this.

Asker: Sometimes I feel a need to translate sociology into a text that ordinary people can understand.

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Social cohabitation


Explanation:
Another possibility.

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 09:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 15
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