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openness towards being

French translation: inclination/réceptivité à être

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English term or phrase:openness towards being
French translation:inclination/réceptivité à être
Entered by: Premium✍️

23:34 Dec 2, 2016
English to French translations [PRO]
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Affect
English term or phrase: openness towards being
Contexte :

In dialogic interaction with the (foreign) other, I can not only recognise the power of affect, but can also work with an openness towards being affected which (re)acts not in fear, but with curiosity and reflexivity.
Julie Fabioux
France
Local time: 11:54
inclination
Explanation:
une inclination/une disposition/une réceptivité à être affecté(e).
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Premium✍️
United States
Local time: 02:54
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6inclination
Premium✍️
4 +1une ouverture à être affecté(e).
Francois Boye
3 -1Empathie
Cathy Lefloch


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
inclination


Explanation:
une inclination/une disposition/une réceptivité à être affecté(e).

Premium✍️
United States
Local time: 02:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 35
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mchd
4 hrs
  -> Bonjour et merci !
agree  HERBET Abel: Oui
5 hrs
  -> Bonjour et merci.
agree  Daryo
10 hrs
  -> Bonjour et merci.
agree  Annie Rigler
11 hrs
  -> Bonjour et merci.
agree  sporran: réceptivité
12 hrs
  -> Oui, t-à-f. Bonjour et merci.
agree  Jenny Ann Rydberg
17 hrs
  -> Bonjour et merci ! :)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
une ouverture à être affecté(e).


Explanation:
my take

Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 05:54
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ArianeMarchand
6 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Empathie


Explanation:
I would translate the whole expression "openness towards being affected" with "empathie", to avoid the sentence being too heavy.

Cathy Lefloch
France
Local time: 11:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 5

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Daryo: empathy is s.t. else /// "reacting with hate" could also fit the bill BTW, and there is no need to start making a "digest" of the ST.
4 hrs
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