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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

sinnlich fassbar

English translation:

discernible by the senses

Added to glossary by Brie Vernier
Jul 31, 2005 18:38
18 yrs ago
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German term

die sinnlich fassbare Welt

German to English Science Science (general) brain research
It's in a magazine article about brain research:
Im Gehirn arbeiten Milliarden von Nervenzellen ohne jede koordinierende Oberaufsicht in jeweils getrennten Arealen der Großhirnrinde an jeweils gesonderten Aufgaben – und vermitteln dennoch zusammenhängende Wahrnehmungen der sinnlich fassbaren Welt.

... coherent perceptions of the ???

I'm just out of good ideas. Thanks for any suggestions.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 a coherent image of the materially perceptible world
3 +2 a world that can be perceived by the senses
5 the world that can be apprehended by the senses
4 phenomonal world / world of perceptions
3 sensuously tangible
3 the physical world
3 the world as we perceive it with our senses
Change log

Jan 12, 2016 10:40: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "Business/Commerce (general)" to "Science (general)"

Discussion

Lori Dendy-Molz Aug 1, 2005:
You're right. None of these collocate very naturally. What they're describing is really just "the perceivable world". That might work, though it lacks the (implicit) "sensory" bit.
Non-ProZ.com Jul 31, 2005:
Ah! (@Andrew) You may be on to something with "as discerned". I may just go with that. I wanted a preceding modifier along the lines of "sensuously/sensorily perceptible", but I just don't think any of them collocate terribly well. : (
Non-ProZ.com Jul 31, 2005:
@Andrew Yeah, I think "materially" just falls short somehow ...
Non-ProZ.com Jul 31, 2005:
Incidentally, I did see other Kudoz questions for sinnlich xxx but don't care much for any of the solutions offered

Proposed translations

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10 mins
German term (edited): zusammenh�ngende Wahrnehmungen der sinnlich fassbaren Welt.
Selected

a coherent image of the materially perceptible world

though not sure that 'materially' does full justice to 'sinnlich'

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Note added at 14 mins (2005-07-31 18:53:22 GMT)
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not bad for the \'fassbar\' (tangible?) element though :-)

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Note added at 19 mins (2005-07-31 18:57:57 GMT)
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OK, to avoid the repetition of \'perceive/perception/perceptible\':
\"coherent perceptions of the world as discerned/interpreted by the senses\"
Peer comment(s):
agree Ulrike Kraemer : with "as discerned by the senses" :-)
24 mins
agree Kieran McCann : with 'coherent image'
14 hrs
neutral Michele Fauble : The point of the passage is that coherent perceptions are produced by the brain - interpretation is NOT by the SENSES. // Subject matter knowledge is often essential for determining the right translation.
1 day 11 hrs
Thanks for your five (one for each of the senses?!) peer comments and changed comments // I couldn't agree more, Michele. Charlatans lurk around every corner. Unfortunately, I am myself occasionally told that I have neither 'sense nor sensibility' :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to everyone for all your suggestions. All are quite viable, but wanting to keep "coherent perceptions" and avoid repetition, I went with "as discerned by the senses". Y'all keep up the good work now!"
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3 mins

a world that can be perceived by the senses

in diesem Zusammenhang: ... of the world as it can be perceived by the senses ...
Die Sinnwahrnehmungen wie z.B. sehen, riechen, hoeren, fuehlen, etc.
Peer comment(s):
agree verbis : the world (as) perceived by senses
4 mins
agree Kieran McCann : the world (as) perceived by the senses
14 hrs
neutral Michele Fauble : The point of the passage is that perception is a product of the brain (so best to avoid "perceived" by the SENSES).
1 day 11 hrs
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20 mins

sensuously tangible

is one way to say it.

They are material and sensuously tangible. The history of philosophy has recorded many materialists who even believed that the world had been created by god ...
Reference:

http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/spirkin/works/dialectical-materialism

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1 hr

the physical world

I would go for the no-frills solution. After all, everything that needs to be said has been said.
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6 hrs

phenomonal world / world of perceptions

If I had to choose, I would choose "phenomonal world". But "world of perceptions" is also O.K.
Reference:

http://www.onegoodmove.org/1gm/coveyripper.html

Peer comment(s):
neutral Michele Fauble : This describes the 'coherent perceptions'. 'Die sinnlich fassbare Welt' provides the sensory input for the 'phenomonal world / world of perceptions'.
1 day 5 hrs
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19 hrs

the world as we perceive it with our senses

a possibility
Peer comment(s):
neutral Michele Fauble : The point of the passage is that perception is a product of the brain (so best to avoid "perceived" by the SENSES).
16 hrs
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1 day 11 hrs

the world that can be apprehended by the senses

'coherent perceptions of the world that can be apprehended by the senses'

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Note added at 1 day 12 hrs 40 mins (2005-08-02 07:18:36 GMT)
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Better

\'coherent perceptions of the world that is apprehensible by the senses\'

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Note added at 2 days 1 hr 9 mins (2005-08-02 19:48:02 GMT) Post-grading
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... a world not merely physical and apprehended by the senses, ...
www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/constructivistlearning....

...the physical reality that is apprehended by the senses and interpreted by the mind, ...
www.peterussell.com/SG/ch5.html

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