Vorteilsnahme

English translation: (for) personal gain

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German term or phrase:Vorteilsnahme
English translation:(for) personal gain
Entered by: Reena Cohn

20:13 Oct 29, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology
German term or phrase: Vorteilsnahme
Die Hinwendung zum Konformismus diente dann nur noch der eigenen Vorteilsnahme.
Reena Cohn
Switzerland
(for) personal gain
Explanation:
In seinem Fall war es um rein persönliche Vorteilsnahmen gegangen.
Die Welt, 10.04.2002

It is, after all, the way we capitalists traditionally operate -- for personal gain.
Forbes, Bryan THE ENDLESS GAME
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Britta Norris
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:08
Grading comment
thanks, this works best in context.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1(for) personal gain
Britta Norris
4for their own benefit
Michael Martin, MA
4interest
Cillie Swart
3was then merely a /another / self-serving exercise
Adrian MM.
3personal advantage
Wendy Streitparth


  

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(for) personal gain


Explanation:
In seinem Fall war es um rein persönliche Vorteilsnahmen gegangen.
Die Welt, 10.04.2002

It is, after all, the way we capitalists traditionally operate -- for personal gain.
Forbes, Bryan THE ENDLESS GAME

Example sentence(s):
  • Modern society today is characterized by individualism, conformism, liberty manipulated for personal gain...

    https://www.wya.net/op-ed/the-secret-to-a-future-of-flourishing/
Britta Norris
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks, this works best in context.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Though this is not enough context.
1 day 23 hrs
  -> Thank you philgoddard. :) And true about context. Although this would be quite a 'standard' translation which should fit most contexts. See also the second example sentence I gave which I chose due to context being similar (I assume!!).
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for their own benefit


Explanation:
"They began to embrace conformism (conformity) purely for their own benefit."

'Benefit' is a bit broader than 'gain'. That's appropriate here because 'Vorteil' could be less tangible or less obvious than 'gain.'


Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 11:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 116
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interest


Explanation:
As in for self interest, or in the interest of self. Conforming for self interest.


    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-interest
    https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-role-of-self-interest-in-political-decision-making.html
Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 17:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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diente dann nur noch der eigenen Vorteilsnahme
was then merely a /another / self-serving exercise


Explanation:
- place in context, with no need to spell out the subject of 'der eigenen'.

Query: nur noch as routine strengthener of 'nur' or qualifies der eigenen Vorteilsnahme.

Example sentence(s):
  • One pervasive psychological tendency or bias observed among European Americans is self-enhancement or self-serving bias.
  • [...] been humbled by the last four years, but is now simply paying lip service to platitudes that are, at best, *self-serving*. [...] mehr als reine Lippenbekenntnisse, die bestenfalls *dem eigenen Vorteil dienen, seien dabei jedoch nicht herausgekommen

    Reference: http://www.linguee.com/english-german/translation/a+self-ser...
Adrian MM.
Austria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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personal advantage


Explanation:
If for instance a conformist harms someone else to gain a personal advantage he will suffer from remorse only if he believes that many others would also feel bad about the harmful action.
https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/33917/1/530033267.pd...

He was always deeply honest in his strivings, which never were directed toward his own personal advantage but always toward a general purpose.
http://www.fao.org/3/l5470e/l5470e07.htm

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 16:08
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 31
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