Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

exonérer

English translation:

free from

Added to glossary by mill2
Feb 7, 2007 17:05
17 yrs ago
French term

exonérer

French to English Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Still on the same text:

En resserrant l'espace, l'expérience micrologique ré-ouvre le temps – le temps que l'on peut consacrer à déambuler, à converser, à créer, à imaginer... En nous *exonérant* de certaines contraintes spatiales (le choix du "petit"), elle enrichit nos temporalités de vie et d'activité.

I'm confused about the use of the word exonérer here, as the argument as I understand it is that the micrological experience does not exempt us from spatial constraints, but precisely imposes them on us in order to expand time. Is there another definition of exonérer I'm missing?

Thanks for your help!

Discussion

mill2 (asker) Feb 8, 2007:
I appreciate all the suggestions, but these are all definitions of exonérer with which I am familiar. It just doesn't fit the context, the author seems to be arguing the opposite. He says in the preceding sentence that space is narrowed so that time can be opened, so the following sentence can't talk about liberating us from spatial constraints. Am I to conclude that the author made a mistake? Or do you understand the passage differently, dear colleagues?

Proposed translations

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free from

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agree David BUICK
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agree Diane de Cicco : yes,by freeing us from...
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agree tatyana000
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agree Vicky Papaprodromou
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agree Muriel Blanc (X)
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agree narasimha (X) : removing may be more apt
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "After checking with the author, this is indeed what he means, although I still find the passage confusing! Thanks for all your help."
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throwing off the shackles of / freeing us from the shackles of

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Note added at 9 mins (2007-02-07 17:15:14 GMT)
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isolating us from / insulating us from?
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liberating us

Autre possibilite.
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relieve

Or disburden/unburden.

Wiktionary, exonerate:
1. To free from accusation or blame.
2. To free from an obligation, responsibility or task.
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