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Wertigkeitsdenken

English translation: thinking in terms of value judgements

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German term or phrase:Wertigkeitsdenken
English translation:thinking in terms of value judgements
Entered by: Thayenga

09:01 Sep 22, 2014
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Esoteric practices
German term or phrase: Wertigkeitsdenken
Dear Colleagues,

this term (also Wertigkeitssystem) appears in several sentences of the guide to esoteric practices that I am presently translating.

Es führt kein Weg daran vorbei, euch auch die Schattenbereiche des Menschseins anzuschauen und diese zu erlösen. Jedoch ist hier größte energetische Sorgfalt gefordert, denn dieses ,,muss" frei von jeglichem Urteil und ***Wertigkeitsdenken*** geschehen.

U. S. English please.

Thank you for your great support.
Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 18:23
thinking in terms of value judgements
Explanation:
In haste.
See my discussion entries and also, as an example: http://www.lifecoachingstudio.com/piersthurston.htm

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Note added at 1 hr (2014-09-22 11:00:00 GMT)
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You could use 'prejudice' for Urteil perhaps to get around the problem.
Selected response from:

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:23
Grading comment
Thank you all for your valuable input. :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2thinking in terms of value judgements
Helen Shiner
4bias
Emal Ghamsharick
3 +1personal bias
Donald Jacobson
3free of personal discriminations and judgments
Ramey Rieger (X)


Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
bias


Explanation:
You could also write "value bias" to make the sentence sound more complex than the thought it contains.
I think the writer just wanted to avoid writing "Vorurteil" because he was afraid it would sound just like "Urteil."

Example sentence(s):
  • "You have to look at people without prejudice."

    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bias
Emal Ghamsharick
Germany
Local time: 18:23
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, Emal. :)

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
thinking in terms of value judgements


Explanation:
In haste.
See my discussion entries and also, as an example: http://www.lifecoachingstudio.com/piersthurston.htm

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Note added at 1 hr (2014-09-22 11:00:00 GMT)
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You could use 'prejudice' for Urteil perhaps to get around the problem.

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:23
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Thank you all for your valuable input. :)
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you so much, Helen. ;)

Asker: Thank you, Helen. :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  polyglot45: or preconceived ideas (for Urteil)
8 mins
  -> Thanks, polyglot45 - good suggestion
agree  philgoddard: You could leave out "thinking in terms of"- it doesn't add anything to the sentence.
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Phil, yes, if hired to translate the sentence as a whole, I would reword :)
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
personal bias


Explanation:
This is how it is typically worded in a psychotherapeutic context in the US.

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Note added at 1 day9 hrs (2014-09-23 18:43:18 GMT)
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The word 'bias' is rarely used in this context in the US. Personal bias is the expression that is used. Perhaps it's use is different in the UK, but in the US, this is what would be written ( not that it is any better than your suggestion, just a regional difference, I suspect. Not nearly as bad as when I went to three stores in the UK and asked them for a cane because I had fallen and injured my hip. I got some pretty scary books on that. Then it dawned on me that they must be using a different word and images of Ghandi came to my mind. I finally got a catalog and found a picture of a cane which was referred to as a walking stick. I was soooo mortified. Don

Example sentence(s):
  • When therapy addresses value-laden issues, the therapist should strive to refrain from inserting personal bias unless failure to do so would result in harm to the client or others.
Donald Jacobson
United States
Local time: 11:23
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Again, thank you, Donald. :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway
1 hr
  -> Thank you, writeaway!
neutral  Helen Shiner: Why not just agree with the answer that already suggests 'bias' as an answer?
1 day 4 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
free of personal discriminations and judgments


Explanation:
Perhaps - or judgements and discriminations

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Note added at 2 days6 hrs (2014-09-24 15:08:16 GMT)
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or just free of all ...

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 18:23
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, Ramey. :)

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