Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
enjeux existentiels
English translation:
quality of life issues at stake/concerned
Added to glossary by
Swatchka
May 7, 2007 08:55
17 yrs ago
French term
United Kingdom
enjeux existentiels
French to English
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From a personal injury case
Context: "Aussi, devant les enjeux existentiels que représente l’indemnisation, il est important qu’une nouvelle expertise fournisse une base d’évaluation adaptée."
Background: Mr X was the innocent victim of a car accident in which he suffered massive head trauma. Several years later, he has recovered physically but suffers from various psychological problems, including deficiencies in short term memory, difficulties with coping with everyday situations, planning, making decisions etc.
An initial expert opinion was prepared, but which failed to take into account the severity of his ongoing problems. The victim's lawyers are asking for a new expert opinion to be ordered, one which would give proper weight to the extent of the victim's problems and in particular his need for daily supervision at home, on the basis of which the amount of compensation could be adjusted.
I am at a loss to know how to translate 'enjeux existentiels'!
Background: Mr X was the innocent victim of a car accident in which he suffered massive head trauma. Several years later, he has recovered physically but suffers from various psychological problems, including deficiencies in short term memory, difficulties with coping with everyday situations, planning, making decisions etc.
An initial expert opinion was prepared, but which failed to take into account the severity of his ongoing problems. The victim's lawyers are asking for a new expert opinion to be ordered, one which would give proper weight to the extent of the victim's problems and in particular his need for daily supervision at home, on the basis of which the amount of compensation could be adjusted.
I am at a loss to know how to translate 'enjeux existentiels'!
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May 16, 2007 07:38: Swatchka Created KOG entry
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quality of life issues at stake/concerned
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I'm afraid "at stake" is not legalese enough in UK English I'm sure there's a legal term: concerned ?
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks, overall your translation was the most helpful at pointing me in the right direction. "
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13 mins
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
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124
ongoing/persistent factors/problems
I don't think this can have any connection with existentialism, but rather something that continues to exist, or in this case, persist.
ongoing factors/problems
factors/problems that still persist today
That's my tuppenceworth!
ongoing factors/problems
factors/problems that still persist today
That's my tuppenceworth!
Peer comment(s):
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Julie Barber
: yes his problems with daily living / life, ability to cope etc ..or difficulties with daily existence
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Thanks, Julie. You've put it better than I did!
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jean-jacques alexandre
: I see it under this angle too
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Many thanks, Jean-Jacques!
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
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Thanks, Ingeborg!
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Najib Aloui
: "existential" here, i think, means relating to the daily existence//I disagree both with the author using "existentiel" and with translating it with the same word left as it is...
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thanks, Najib! I think you're right, and should therefore give Nina an "agree", as I've done!!
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22 mins
Gad Kohenov
Israel
Israel
Native in French
Works in field
Israel
30 years of experience+satisfied clients
Native in: French 
, Hebrew
Works in: English to Hebrew, Hebrew to English, French to Hebrew, and 8 more.
Related KudoZ points
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existential issues (Basic issues , crucial issues).
That's what I can come up with.
Peer comment(s):
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Odette Grille (X)
21 mins
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Vive le Quebec libre! (LOL).
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Sheila Wilson
: I don't think existential is the best word to use in English - it's uncommon
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Crucial does look to the point.
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Nina Iordache
Romania
Romania
Specializes in field
Romania
Native in: Romanian (Variant: Romania)
Works in: English to Romanian, French to English, French to Romanian, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
existential challenges
One can also say daily life challenges.
Peer comment(s):
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Carol Gullidge
: actually, I think this makes a lot of sense, and ties in with Julie Barber's comment!
1 hr
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Thank you very much, Carol.
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| agree |
Miranda Joubioux (X)
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Thank you very much, Miranda.
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| agree |
Vicky Papaprodromou
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Thank you very much, Vicky.
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Katarina Peters
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Thank you very much, Katarina.
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Sandra Petch
: "Existential" immediately makes me think of existentialism. And the "challenges" referred to in your reference text don't concern individual life but global issues. Also, "enjeux" here means what is at stake (for the victim) rather than challenges.
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Sheila Wilson
: I don't think existential is the best word to use in English - it's uncommon
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Yes, I agree, but I could not think of anything else.
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the quality of life dependent on (this compensation...)
not a literal translation I know, but getting around 'enjeux' is 'le challenge'!
So that's my take on this one.
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the quality of life which would be ensured by this compensation...
So that's my take on this one.
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the quality of life which would be ensured by this compensation...
Peer comment(s):
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Sandra Petch
: This is how I understand it: "existentiel" meaning "pertaining to existence" i.e. to his life. I think this is a smart way of wording it.
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Thanks Sandra :-)). I am truly not convinced that 'enjeux' needs a literal translation. And I suspect a little French 'gobbledygook' here - du genre "pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué"!
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given the crucial daily existence needs which the compensation is to cover...
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31 mins
given the vital nature of the compensation
existential in the sense of essential to his existence and therefore VITAL
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-05-07 09:58:27 GMT)
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to keep Emma happy: given how vital the issue of compensation is to Mr. X and his existence
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-05-07 10:18:44 GMT)
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his very existence
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Note added at 9 hrs (2007-05-07 18:01:58 GMT)
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thank yoi for recognising that - I wasn't trying to give you a pat translation - just to put this thing back on track since so many people clearly missed the point (again, dare I say?)
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-05-07 09:58:27 GMT)
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to keep Emma happy: given how vital the issue of compensation is to Mr. X and his existence
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-05-07 10:18:44 GMT)
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his very existence
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Note added at 9 hrs (2007-05-07 18:01:58 GMT)
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thank yoi for recognising that - I wasn't trying to give you a pat translation - just to put this thing back on track since so many people clearly missed the point (again, dare I say?)
Note from asker:
| I think you were the first to really understand this in context - it is not talking about 'enjeux existentiels' purely in the sense of what the patient faces as challenges, but ' les enjeux existentiels QUE REPRESENTE L'INDEMNISATION' - i.e. what the compensation could mean to the patient's life. |
Peer comment(s):
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Emma Paulay
: Seems like a bit of a short cut though. Maybe "Given that the compensation will make a vital difference to his everday existence"//Thanks for taking my happiness into consideration ;-))
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the final translation is "asker's" responsibility. I merely seek to show the way to go. I don't know about you but I have my own style andprefer to leave it to the askers to run with my ideas
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