agency

Romanian translation: capacitate

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English term or phrase:agency
Romanian translation:capacitate
Entered by: Olar Adrian Marius

08:47 Oct 29, 2010
English to Romanian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Philosophy
English term or phrase: agency
Please help me translate the word agency. It comes form an essay on Morals and Ethics. See below the context.
"The empathic response agency inspires us to take action to help others while the moral restraint agency censors and suppresses "immoral" actions and the thoughts which might lead to them. Together these make up the Society of Morality."
Virginia Bordas
Romania
Local time: 15:35
capacitate
Explanation:
"Agency (philosophy)

Agency is a concept used in philosophy and sociology to refer to the capacity of an agent to act in a world."

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Mersi şi eu :)
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Olar Adrian Marius
Romania
Local time: 15:35
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Multumesc :)
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4 +5capacitate
Olar Adrian Marius
3 +1factor
Veronica Lupascu


  

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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
factor


Explanation:
...factorul care determină răspunsul/reacţia empatică... , în timp ce factorul care determină reţinerea/captivitatea morală/de ordin moral....

o sugestie doar

Veronica Lupascu
Netherlands
Local time: 14:35
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dasa Suciu: Factor activ - şi ca să meargă în frază, eu aş spune: Ca factori activi, răspunsul empatic ...., iar constrângerea morală ...
3 hrs
  -> Multumesc!
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
capacitate


Explanation:
"Agency (philosophy)

Agency is a concept used in philosophy and sociology to refer to the capacity of an agent to act in a world."

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Note added at 5 days (2010-11-04 08:46:18 GMT) Post-grading
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Mersi şi eu :)

Olar Adrian Marius
Romania
Local time: 15:35
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
Multumesc :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Veronica Lupascu: da :) asta era!
10 mins
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agree  Annamaria Amik: da, calitatea de agent/subiect moral
34 mins

agree  Liviu-Lee Roth
2 hrs

neutral  Dasa Suciu: Nu mi se pare că acoperă tot sensul termenului şi nici nu sună bine în traducerea întregului text: capacitatea răspunsului empatic ne determină să intervenim pentru a-i ajuta pe ceilalţi...
3 hrs

agree  Cosmin Băduleţeanu
6 hrs

agree  Anca Nitu: calitatea de agent/subiect moral, nu capacitatea, e vorba de un rol moral aici
1 day 8 hrs
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