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мыслекричит
Jun 15 12:46
9 days ago
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Russian term

мыслереплика

Russian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature science fiction
I need some help translating this word, which doesn't appear in any dictionaries.

The context:

В **мыслереплике** чувствуется грусть. Намеренно пущенная в мыслеразговор или невольно выскользнувшая с некоммуникационного уровня?
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 Tele-response
4 Internal monologue/inner voice
3 +1 mind utterance
3 tele-cry/shout/scream/shriek etc.
2 mental image

Discussion

Sofia Gutkin Jun 16:
Agree with Mikhail This definitely sounds like telepathy, so of course these terms will not exist in the dictionary - the author made them up. It's like "doublethink" and "thoughtcrime" in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Mikhail Kropotov Jun 15:
It seems like they're using telepathy, so this would refer to a comment or response being communicated telepathically.

Proposed translations

10 mins

Internal monologue/inner voice

Have you ever “heard” yourself talk in your head? If you have, then you’ve experienced a common phenomenon called an internal monologue.

Also referred to as “internal dialogue,” “the voice inside your head,” or an “inner voice,” your internal monologue is the result of certain brain mechanisms that cause you to “hear” yourself talk in your head without actually speaking and forming sounds.

https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/internal-mon...
Peer comment(s):
neutral Denis Fesik : "Реплика" is a turn in the internal monologue rather than the whole thing
3 hrs
Спасибо, Денис, я в курсе :)) Мы же литературное произведение переводим. Не могу же я русизмами писать.
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1 hr

mental image

Proposition.
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+2
3 hrs

Tele-response

I agree that we're talking about a telepathic conversation. I think ideally the prefix to be used with the word "мыслеразговор" should be consistent with the prefix used with "мыслереплика". So, although I like "mind-reply", I'm not keen on mind-chat. Maybe "tele-chat" and "tele-response" (with or without the hyphen)?
Reference:

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tele

Note from asker:
Thanks for your advice JJ Shaw! Now I have a place in the text with a similar word - it's a made-up verb мыслекричит.
Peer comment(s):
agree David Knowles : I think it's a nuance in the response from the other person, not a self-reflection, and I can't think of anything better than "tele-response"!
1 day 15 hrs
Thank you!
agree danya : I think it might fit, especially if the broader context introduces the notion of telepathy so that tele- is recognised as a reference to it
3 days 21 hrs
Thanks, danya
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+1
7 hrs

mind utterance

И далее "мыслеразговор" -> mind conversation

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3144613/#:~:tex...

“the communication of impressions of any kind from one mind to another, independently of the recognized channels of sense”.
Peer comment(s):
agree Sofia Gutkin
22 hrs
Thank you
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8 days
Russian term (edited): мыслекричит

tele-cry/shout/scream/shriek etc.

Hi Sarah, thanks. I'm not sure how to reply to your note, so I opened a new answer.
I'd maybe turn it into a noun (see above) and use another verb with it like "to let out/produce/emit". Hope that helps.
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