Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Deutsch term or phrase:
Lehrschrift
Englisch translation:
didactic text
Added to glossary by
franglish
Aug 22, 2013 06:55
10 yrs ago
Deutsch term
Lehrschrift
Deutsch > Englisch
Sonstige
Geschichte
Charlemagne, Alcuin ... 8th/9th century
"Ich habe damals ((when I was in York)) schon viele *Lehrschriften* verfasst, die damals als ideales Lehrmittel galten."
This is a text written in the first person as if it were Alcuin speaking directly to us. I cannot find the word 'Lehrschrift' in any dictionary, but my research so far indicates two possible solutions:
- treastises
- didactic works
Any other ideas?
This is a text written in the first person as if it were Alcuin speaking directly to us. I cannot find the word 'Lehrschrift' in any dictionary, but my research so far indicates two possible solutions:
- treastises
- didactic works
Any other ideas?
Proposed translations
(Englisch)
| 4 +1 | didactic text |
franglish
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| 3 +2 | instructive tract(s) |
Edwin Miles
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| 3 | treatise |
Michael Martin, MA
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Change log
Aug 27, 2013 07:19: franglish Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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didactic text
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A necessary prerequisite to understand this (following) text/document ..... [1] Lehrschriften = writings/texts which have instructive and teaching/didactic contents.
http://www.bbaw.de/bbaw/Forschung/Forschungsprojekte/.../en/...CachedEine Lehrschrift des östlichen Manichäismus (BTT XVII): Reconstruction of the Parthian and Sogdian versions of a didactic text about the liberation of the human ...
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Or didactic writings, as above, but definitely not treatises, intended for specialists, whereas didactic writings are for students.
A necessary prerequisite to understand this (following) text/document ..... [1] Lehrschriften = writings/texts which have instructive and teaching/didactic contents.
http://www.bbaw.de/bbaw/Forschung/Forschungsprojekte/.../en/...CachedEine Lehrschrift des östlichen Manichäismus (BTT XVII): Reconstruction of the Parthian and Sogdian versions of a didactic text about the liberation of the human ...
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Note added at 53 mins (2013-08-22 07:48:59 GMT)
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Or didactic writings, as above, but definitely not treatises, intended for specialists, whereas didactic writings are for students.
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Comment: "Thanks. I don't know why Helen Shiner (who I usually agree with) writes that the perfectly good word 'didactic' is 'to be avoided in English'"
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Michael Martin, MA
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treatise
I'd still favor that. See example below:
"Treatise on teaching methods"
"Treatise on teaching methods"
+2
5 Stunden
instructive tract(s)
I guess you're not trying to write this in "old" English, but a word like 'tract' suggests something both older and religious (also relevant for Alcuin) or political. The links are a couple of things which come up when you google "instructive tract."
Reference:
http://www.folger.edu/eduPrimSrc.cfm
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4528948?uid=3737864&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21102575482977
Peer comment(s):
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Helen Shiner
: Yes, I'd go with this. 'Didactic' is to be avoided in EN generally and 'treatise' is something much grander.
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Thanks Helen!
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| agree |
Shivaun Conroy
: I noticed in your second reference that instructive tract, didactic text and educational text are all used to describe the same work. Seems to be a q of personal preference.
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