Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Nationalistic

English answer:

National

Added to glossary by Jean-Claude Gouin
Mar 16, 2015 02:19
9 yrs ago
English term

Nationalistic

English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
I am wondering if "nationalistic" really has a connotative meaning as suggested in some English dictionaries. I am going to use it in the translation of a job title, which is the Deputy for the Strengthening of Nationalistic Values, since I think 'nationalistic' is a good adjective in this context. The problem is because the source text does not have this negative connotation as implied in the English dictionaries. The word is kebangsaan (nationalistic). This word 'kebangsaan' has some kind of fondness or emotional attachment to the nation.
Change log

Mar 30, 2015 04:28: Jean-Claude Gouin Created KOG entry

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Non-PRO (1): Yvonne Gallagher

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Discussion

lorenab23 Mar 16, 2015:
In my humble opinion and without knowing anything about the original language I would use National Values instead of Nationalistic which does not have a positive meaning.
Regi2006 (asker) Mar 16, 2015:
Thanks for the link. Apart from that, do you think nationalistic has a negative connotation? Or, could it be replaced with 'nationality' instead for neutral feel? Thanks.
lorenab23 Mar 16, 2015:
Does it have anything to do with this? http://www.lemhannas.go.id/portal/en/about-lemhannas/organiz...

Don't know if this is a good translation but you need to double-check whether this is the official translation or not

Responses

+6
2 hrs
Selected

National

In this context, I would write, 'Deputy for the Strengthening of National Values' ...
Peer comment(s):

agree Jack Doughty
2 hrs
Thank you Jack ...
agree Giusi N.
2 hrs
Grazie & thank you Giusi ...
agree Arabic & More
3 hrs
Thank you very much & شكرا جزيل
agree AllegroTrans : Agree, and definitely would not use "nationalistic"
5 hrs
Thank you AllegroTrans ...
agree Yvonne Gallagher
9 hrs
Thank you Gallagy ...
agree Phong Le
6 days
Merci Phong ...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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