Glossary entry (derived from question below)
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!
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!
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +7 | free from |
Mary-Ann Marque
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4 | throwing off the shackles of / freeing us from the shackles of |
Conor McAuley
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4 | liberating us |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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4 | relieve |
Marianna Staroselsky
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Proposed translations
+7
4 mins
Selected
free from
I can't see anything better
Peer comment(s):
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David BUICK
4 mins
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thank you!
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agree |
Diane de Cicco
: yes,by freeing us from...
4 mins
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thank you!
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agree |
tatyana000
52 mins
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thank you!
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agree |
Vicky Papaprodromou
1 hr
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thank you!
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agree |
Muriel Blanc (X)
1 hr
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thank you!
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agree |
narasimha (X)
: removing may be more apt
10 hrs
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agree |
xuebai
17 hrs
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Comment: "After checking with the author, this is indeed what he means, although I still find the passage confusing! Thanks for all your help."
8 mins
throwing off the shackles of / freeing us from the shackles of
HTH
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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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Note added at 9 mins (2007-02-07 17:15:14 GMT)
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isolating us from / insulating us from?
3 hrs
liberating us
Autre possibilite.
12 hrs
relieve
Or disburden/unburden.
Wiktionary, exonerate:
1. To free from accusation or blame.
2. To free from an obligation, responsibility or task.
Wiktionary, exonerate:
1. To free from accusation or blame.
2. To free from an obligation, responsibility or task.
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