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Nachlassnotiz

English translation: unpublished commentary

16:21 May 5, 2021
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Philosophy / Nietzsche
German term or phrase: Nachlassnotiz
This is from a text on the philosopher Nietzsche who made a comment about a book in a Nachlassnotiz.
Nachlass means estate, but in this case I'm not sure how to translate it.

In einer Nachlassnotiz vom Herbst 1881 schreibt Nietzsche ueber das Buch:

Thank you for any suggestions!
Simona de Logu
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:56
English translation:unpublished commentary
Explanation:
I think is fitting. See discussion box for explanation.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2021-05-05 20:36:51 GMT)
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Of course, you coiuld go one step further:
A commentary unpublished in his lifetime

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Note added at 4 hrs (2021-05-05 20:38:06 GMT)
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Oh crimminy:
A 1881 commentary on the book, unpublished in his lifetime

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Note added at 14 hrs (2021-05-06 06:39:57 GMT)
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And again:
An 1881 comment on the book in his Nachlass (italicized) (unpublished works)

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Note added at 3 days 1 hr (2021-05-08 17:47:13 GMT)
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Happy I could help! Could you close the question then, please?
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Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 21:56
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4A note from the legacy...
Katarina Peters
3unpublished commentary
Ramey Rieger (X)
Summary of reference entries provided
Nachlass: Nietzsche's Last Notebooks
Johanna Timm, PhD

Discussion entries: 6





  

Answers


4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
A note from the legacy...


Explanation:
As Ramey and Johanna noted, it seems that it is a specific note that Nietsche made in the Fall of 1881... as an example, see this link about Shopenhauer's notes from his legacy:
https://www.amazon.de/Pandectae-Philosophische-Notizen-aus-N...

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 15:56
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
unpublished commentary


Explanation:
I think is fitting. See discussion box for explanation.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2021-05-05 20:36:51 GMT)
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Of course, you coiuld go one step further:
A commentary unpublished in his lifetime

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 4 hrs (2021-05-05 20:38:06 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Oh crimminy:
A 1881 commentary on the book, unpublished in his lifetime

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Note added at 14 hrs (2021-05-06 06:39:57 GMT)
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And again:
An 1881 comment on the book in his Nachlass (italicized) (unpublished works)

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Note added at 3 days 1 hr (2021-05-08 17:47:13 GMT)
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Happy I could help! Could you close the question then, please?


Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 21:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you I've gone with your suggestion "a commentary, unpublished in his lifetime". Makes sense!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Susan Starling: Given the information from Johanna below, I'd be tempted to say something like "In a comment found in a notebook (Notizheft) from the fall of 1881, Nietzsche wrote ..." But if the Notizheft were written between 1888-89 then I'm not sure how 1881 fits in..
19 mins
  -> The Nachlass is a work of its own, a compilation of his unpublished works.
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Reference comments


2 hrs peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: Nachlass: Nietzsche's Last Notebooks

Reference information:
"Nietzsche's notebooks from the last productive year of life, 1888.
Nietzsche's unpublished writings called the Nachlass. These are notebooks (Notizheft) from the year 1888 up to early January 1889. Nietzsche stopped writing entirely after January 6, 1889.

Translator Daniel Fidel Ferrer. See: "Nietzsche's Notebooks in English: a Translator's Introduction and Afterward". pages 265-272. Total pages 390.
Translation done June 2012. "


    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35003241-nachlass
Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Susan Starling: This is exactly the information that's needed - much better than what I found!
1 hr
agree  Ramey Rieger (X): the commentary is from 1881, found in the Nachlass. So, wouldn't specify notebook, but retain Nachlass, a title which was rarely translated (or maybe r//The Nachlass, in most of the links I found, wasn't translated. The title, I mean, the works were.
2 hrs
  -> I don’t understand? N’s unpublished works of course include various notebooks from earlier years ( and including 1881) http://www.nietzschesource.org/DFGA/2
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