Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

instruire

English translation:

construct, arrange

Added to glossary by Gayle Wallimann
May 14, 2007 15:04
17 yrs ago
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French term

instruire

French to English Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
This is from the essay on the variability and processuality of projects. I'm confused by the use of "instruire" and "informer" in the sentence marked. I assume the l' refers to processus, but this doesn't make any sense to me, instructing and informing the process. What am I missing?

Chaque récit singulier dévoile ou invente des "conditions de possibilité" assumées ou non, concrétisables ou non, explicites ou silencieuses. Il revisite le projet à partir d'autres envies ou d'autres opportunités. Aucune histoire officielle ne s'impose. Il ne s'agit pas de renouer avec ce que serait la vérité d'un processus (telle qu'elle aurait été définie à son origine, lors de la formulation des objectifs de départ) mais de *l'instruire différemment, de l'informer* sur la base d'un autre contexte d'action ou d'un autre ressenti.
Change log

May 16, 2007 16:07: Gayle Wallimann changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/101566">mill2's</a> old entry - "instruire (here)"" to ""construct, arrange""

May 16, 2007 16:08: Gayle Wallimann changed "Term asked" from "instruire (here)" to "instruire"

Proposed translations

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French term (edited): instruire (here)
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construct, arrange

This is the original (and Latinate) meaning of the word (draw up a battle line, arrange things in a row, etc.), and it seems to apply here, especially in the company of " informer", which is probably best rendered as " to shape".

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(cf. conSTRUct)

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or "organize"
Peer comment(s):

agree cristina estanislau
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muito obrigado Cristina
agree Martin Cassell
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thanks Martin.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much, this makes perfect sense."
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French term (edited): instruire (here)

characterize

"It is not a matter of reconnecting with what would be the truth of a process (e.g. what would have been defined in its inception, when drawing up its initial objectives), but to characterize and present it differently on the basis of another context of action or of another one that is sensed."


Not to disagree with Jim's fine explanation, but "construct" on it.
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French term (edited): instruire (here)

investigate/examine OR inform

instruire (une affaire): rechercher et réunir les preuves d'un délit (Larousse Lexis) = to examine, investigate, to commence (an action) (Doucet); to carry out a preliminary investigation
"instruire" can also be a synonym of to inform (instruire qq'un de qqchose = avertir, prévenir (Larousse Lexis), meaning a redundancy that you could drop in English
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French term (edited): instruire (here)

research/investigate

Instruire can be to investigate/research that way it can be used with information.
Instruire is the act of looking for information.
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French term (edited): instruire (here)

feed it with different materials (to construct plausibilty for different directions stories take)

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