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конкретная целостность

English translation: a concrete whole

15:12 Mar 26, 2021
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology / activity theory, philosophy
Russian term or phrase: конкретная целостность
Обучение начиналось с последовательного перевода практической задачи в учебную (через ряд промежуточных форм) и на протяжении всего младшего школьного возраста главной его целью ставилось последовательное формирование учебных действий, состав и порядок которых специально выделялись и проверялись в исследованиях. В данном случае деятельность никак не сводилась к содержанию мотивации, а преломляла внешние и внутренние факторы как **конкретная целостность** всех трех уровней (деятельности, действий и операций).

concrete integrity? specific integrity?
This appears to be a technical term, and I find it used in articles about Hegel and Marx, although I have not been able to identify the German phrase those authors use.

This article uses "целостность" a great deal, and I have mainly been translating it as "holism" or "integrality" (since the English term "integrity" has such a strong connotation of "morality, honesty," whereas I think the Russian usage here in my article implies wholeness. Here's an example:
Из анализа некоторых таких исследований выводятся и подчеркиваются такие характеристика деятельности, как целостность и надындивидуальность.

It's no coincidence, as they say, that a google search for конкретная целостность or "concrete integrity" comes up with loads of articles about how to build walls!
Susan Welsh
United States
Local time: 16:01
English translation:a concrete whole
Explanation:
in this case, the word in question is an entity rather than a quality, and it's "a whole" that integrates together the three levels (and "refracts" the different "factors" like a three-in-one prism); I'm not sure the word "integrality" is a good choice here (it's just that I've never encountered it in the wild), but "integrity" does have different connotations – and so does "wholeness," I believe, so I thought the idea of a concrete whole integrating something together would be a decent one
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Denis Fesik
Local time: 23:01
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Thanks. I can't figure out if this (or Misha's idea) is right or not, so I'm not putting either one in the Kudoz open glossary. If the author or editor has something to say about it, I will put it here.
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a concrete whole


Explanation:
in this case, the word in question is an entity rather than a quality, and it's "a whole" that integrates together the three levels (and "refracts" the different "factors" like a three-in-one prism); I'm not sure the word "integrality" is a good choice here (it's just that I've never encountered it in the wild), but "integrity" does have different connotations – and so does "wholeness," I believe, so I thought the idea of a concrete whole integrating something together would be a decent one

Denis Fesik
Local time: 23:01
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
Thanks. I can't figure out if this (or Misha's idea) is right or not, so I'm not putting either one in the Kudoz open glossary. If the author or editor has something to say about it, I will put it here.
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