Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Prise d'égo

English translation:

acquisition of ego

Added to glossary by Charles Davis
May 8, 2017 08:06
7 yrs ago
French term

Prise d'égo

Non-PRO French to English Other Religion spiritualité
Il s'agit du fait que Dieu a donné un égo à l'âme pour qu'elle puisse s'incarner et avoir conscience d'elle-même. Comment traduire « prise » dans ce contexte ?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 acquisition of ego
Change log

May 10, 2017 23:09: Yolanda Broad changed "Term asked" from "Prise d\\\'égo" to "Prise d\'égo "

May 22, 2017 05:09: Charles Davis Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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French term (edited): Prise d\'égo
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acquisition of ego

I would suggest this, since "prise" expresses the perspective of the subject. From God's perspective "infusion" might be a suitable word.

"Acquisition of ego" or "of ego identity" is an expression used in psychoanalytic writing, but we also find it, for example, in this text on Gnosis:

"The acquisition of ego by the human soul amounts to entitization of the soul, the human thought-form, through its interaction with the world. Thought-forms become entitized when they procure a rudimentary ego, intellect, mind, or personality."
https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/mistic/gnosis_montalk00.h...
Peer comment(s):

agree AllegroTrans
59 mins
Thanks!
agree f2etranslations
1 hr
Many thanks :)
agree Christopher Crockett : "entitization"?? Is this word really necessary? I certainly didn't mean to imply that the word was your own creation, Charles --clearly you were just quoting an "expert" --and you have my Condolences for having to subject your head to suchlike muck.
3 hrs
There must be a better way, I agree, but to tell you the truth I've become so inured to this sort of word through translating curator-speak for contemporary art catalogues (I'm doing one just now) that I scarcely notice.
agree MatthewLaSon : Anything on those lines is going to work, more or less. I do enjoy "acquisition" here. Have a great day.
15 hrs
Thank you, Matthew. Same to you!
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