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женско начало

English translation: the female principle

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Bulgarian term or phrase:женско начало
English translation:the female principle
Entered by: Pavel Tsvetkov

16:31 Jul 23, 2010
Bulgarian to English translations [PRO]
Folklore / Folklore
Bulgarian term or phrase: женско начало
Други ритуални практики свързват лявото с женското начало, несемейните или света на мъртвите
ekolarova
Local time: 16:05
the female principle
Explanation:
Female Principle Once the unmanifest One becomes the Duad, duality pervades the kosmos, often represented as male and female, or as active and passive, spirit and matter, mind and body, positive and negative.



These latter expressions are much to be preferred because of their lack of personal attributes. Synonyms for the female principle are root-matter, mulaprakriti, the eternal cosmic Virgin, Great Mother, womb of nature, cosmic ark, etc. The physical distinction which furnishes this symbol to human minds is that of duality; and if we reason from below to above, we may easily fall into the error of assigning attributes of physical human nature to the celestial beings and formative powers of the kosmos, resulting in phallicism and the degradation of sacred symbols.



The male and female principles are not entities in themselves but aspects of a unity; and since every element is compound, the words male and female as applied to any element signify merely a temporary predominance of the one or the other quality. Again, the distinction is not one of fundamental nature but of relationship, so that what is female in relation to one thing may be male in relation to another.

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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2010-07-24 19:26:42 GMT)
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Хм, започва да става интересно. :-) Съгласен съм с Радост, но в приведените от нея примери прилагателното female е използвано със съществителното energy: "The right hand represents the male, active, yang ENERGY, while the left hand represents the female".

Струва ми се, че членуваната употреба на прилагателното female по аналогия с често привежданите в граматиките примери, като напр. the poor, the rich и т.н. е доста по-рядко срещана. :-)

Ето и още примери, подкрепящи моето твърдение:
"This paper is an attempt to place the development of modern art and technology into a female-principle-vs-male-principle and feminist perspective. It is based on my own study on the influence of Chinese-Japanese aesthetics on the Modernist Revolution in the West (between the 1860s and the 1920s), and on the work of Shulamith Firestone and Lawrence Taub."
http://www.paardenfotos.nl/olive.press/utapaper.htm

"The purpose of this paper is to cause a shift in perspective towards the female principle as the human norm. This change in perspective would create - and require - a very different view of some basic tenets of many branches of study, from economics to linguistics, anthropology to philosophy."
http://www.gift-economy.com/articlesAndEssays/principleVsPat...

И редица още... :-)


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Yavor Dimitrov
Bulgaria
Local time: 16:05
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4the female
Radosveta Golden
4 +2the female principle
Yavor Dimitrov
3 +2Yin
Ivan Klyunchev
Summary of reference entries provided
feminine side
natasha stoyanova

  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
the female


Explanation:
В конкретния случай най-удачно би било да се преведе с "the female", както бихме използвали "the male", "the evil", "the good" за "мъжкото начало", "злото начало", "доброто начало" в аспект на архетипен характер/начало или знакова символика. Тук ще предоставя цитат от аналогичен текст за будистките ритуални практики и вярвания, оригинално съставен на английски език: "The right hand represents the male, active, yang energy, while the left hand represents the female"
Ето и линк към пълния текст: http://www.buddhist-temples.com/buddhism-facts/buddhism-ritu...
Други варианти, в зависимост от от случая могат да бъдат "the female /image/nature/character/principle", "the woman", "the feminin", но точно за "женското начало" като абстракто понятие в смисъл на "изконното женско" (като изконен женски образ и символика) ще трябва да е THE FEMALE - SHORT, SMART AND BEAUTIFUL:)

Example sentence(s):
  • "The right hand represents the male, active, yang energy, while <b>the left hand<b> represents <b>the female<b>"
  • According to the etiquette and custom that the left represents the male and the right represents the female in ancient China...

    Reference: http://www.buddhist-temples.com/buddhism-facts/buddhism-ritu...
    Reference: http://traditions.cultural-china.com/en/13T67T272.html
Radosveta Golden
United States
Local time: 09:05
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  palilula (X)
3 hrs
  -> Благодаря!:)
agree  Yordanka Petkova
12 hrs
  -> Благодаря!:)
agree  4leavedClover
14 hrs
  -> Благодаря!:)
agree  Andrei Vrabtchev
22 hrs
  -> Благодаря!:)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Yin


Explanation:
Лингвох3+: Yin [jɪn] ; ; 1) инь (женское начало (тёмное, холодное, влажное, пассивное); одна из двух космических противоположных сил, синтез которых рождает всё сущее; в китайской философии).

Ivan Klyunchev
Bulgaria
Local time: 16:05
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  palilula (X): Най-добре е да се придържаме към образността традиционна за културата, към която се отнася преводът - тоест български ритуали и образност. - Питащата сигурно знае!
1 hr
  -> Никъде не се казва за каква култура е преводът.
agree  Yordanka Petkova
11 hrs
  -> Благодаря.
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
the female principle


Explanation:
Female Principle Once the unmanifest One becomes the Duad, duality pervades the kosmos, often represented as male and female, or as active and passive, spirit and matter, mind and body, positive and negative.



These latter expressions are much to be preferred because of their lack of personal attributes. Synonyms for the female principle are root-matter, mulaprakriti, the eternal cosmic Virgin, Great Mother, womb of nature, cosmic ark, etc. The physical distinction which furnishes this symbol to human minds is that of duality; and if we reason from below to above, we may easily fall into the error of assigning attributes of physical human nature to the celestial beings and formative powers of the kosmos, resulting in phallicism and the degradation of sacred symbols.



The male and female principles are not entities in themselves but aspects of a unity; and since every element is compound, the words male and female as applied to any element signify merely a temporary predominance of the one or the other quality. Again, the distinction is not one of fundamental nature but of relationship, so that what is female in relation to one thing may be male in relation to another.

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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2010-07-24 19:26:42 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Хм, започва да става интересно. :-) Съгласен съм с Радост, но в приведените от нея примери прилагателното female е използвано със съществителното energy: "The right hand represents the male, active, yang ENERGY, while the left hand represents the female".

Струва ми се, че членуваната употреба на прилагателното female по аналогия с често привежданите в граматиките примери, като напр. the poor, the rich и т.н. е доста по-рядко срещана. :-)

Ето и още примери, подкрепящи моето твърдение:
"This paper is an attempt to place the development of modern art and technology into a female-principle-vs-male-principle and feminist perspective. It is based on my own study on the influence of Chinese-Japanese aesthetics on the Modernist Revolution in the West (between the 1860s and the 1920s), and on the work of Shulamith Firestone and Lawrence Taub."
http://www.paardenfotos.nl/olive.press/utapaper.htm

"The purpose of this paper is to cause a shift in perspective towards the female principle as the human norm. This change in perspective would create - and require - a very different view of some basic tenets of many branches of study, from economics to linguistics, anthropology to philosophy."
http://www.gift-economy.com/articlesAndEssays/principleVsPat...

И редица още... :-)





    Reference: http://www.experiencefestival.com/female_principle
Yavor Dimitrov
Bulgaria
Local time: 16:05
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ivan Klyunchev: yin [yin] (in Chinese philosophy) the passive female principle of the universe, characterized as female and sustaining and associated with earth, dark, and cold. Contrasted with yang.
1 hr
  -> Благодаря!
agree  Станислав (Stanislav) Чалъков (Chalakov)
3 hrs
  -> Благодаря!
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Reference comments


2 days 5 hrs
Reference: feminine side

Reference information:
Considering these differences in the context of the idea that the right side of your body is masculine and the left side feminine may shed some light on how balanced you are in relation to your masculine and feminine qualities.
http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2006/3938.html
http://www.google.bg/search?hl=bg&client=firefox-a&rls=org.m...
the left side of the body is known as the feminine side. The right side of the body is known as the masculine side.

natasha stoyanova
Bulgaria
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
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