Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
tourné vers l'Autre
English translation:
open to others (and otherness)
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tourné vers l'Autre
"Je la vois comme quelque chose de très convivial, joyeux et tourné vers l’Autre."
Can anyone suggest a more appropriate English translation of 'tourné vers l'Autre' than 'Outward-looking' or 'Open to outsiders'? And what is the significance of the capital A?
Many TIA
Vicky
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Proposed translations
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open to others (and otherness)
own :)
The film-maker is referring to his openness to everyone's 'otherness' - including his
There is a good introduction to the notion of Autrui and l'Autre in the French wikipedia article cited here.
Open to others
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dwinters
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Béatrice Sylvie Lajoie
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
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Jean-Claude Gouin
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Mohamed Mehenoun
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altruistic
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MatthewLaSon
: Yes, I surprised no one agreed with you: You have the best translation with "altruistic". It's not about friendliness to others, but rather that "others come first." Altruistic" is even closer to the meaning than "caring."
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open-minded or receptive to Anything (that is different)
friendly to otherness
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in reply to 1045, I paste the definition of "otherness" in the OED: " The quality of being other; difference, diversity.
1587 Golding De Mornay vi. (1617) 84 There must needs be alwaies both a selfesamenesse and also an anothernesse+the selfesameness in the Essence or being;+and the othernesse is in the In beings or Persons. 1625 Gill Sacr. Philos. i. 83 Absolute perfection+without othernesse or change. 1885 J. Martineau Types Eth. Th. I. 29 Negation+not absolute, but only relative, simply affirming otherness of being. 1893 Sidgwick Process Argt. 143 The relation of sequence involves the relation of ‘otherness’.
b. transf. The fact of being other; something that is other (than the thing mentioned, or than the thinking subject).
1821 Coleridge in Blackw. Mag. X. 249 Outness is but the feeling of otherness (alterity), rendered intuitive, or alterity visually represented. 1868 Bushnell Serm. Liv. Subj. 120 He is now conscious not of himself only, but of a certain otherness moving in him. 1888 R. Potter Relat. Ethics to Relig. 76 That otherness which He calls into existence is independent of all phenomena. 1892 W. S. Lilly Gt. Enigma 141, I am directly conscious of it as an otherness; a non-self. "
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Jean-Claude Gouin
: IMHO, "otherness" does not sound like English to me ...
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open to outside ideas
Ethical dimensions of international management - Google Books Result
by Stephen J. Carroll, Martin J. Gannon - 1996 - Business & Economics - 224 pages
Thus, a pattern was established of being open to outside ideas but modifying them as needed to fit their own circumstances. Another key feature of Japanese ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0803955448...
Retailers Told to Remain Open to Outside Ideas
Supermarket companies that tend to promote managers from within should take care to remain receptive to business concepts and practices generated outside ...
subscribers.supermarketnews.com/retail_financial/retailers_told_remain/ -
Historical Perspectives in Industrial and Organizational Psychology - Google Books Result
by Laura L. Koppes, Paul W. Thayer, Andrew J. Vinchur - 2007 - Psychology - 524 pages
... history of the subdiscipline in those countries.2 One aspect of this third form of influence is the extent to which a country is open to outside ideas. ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0805844406...
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I mean, it's true that it's an important philosoph. concept, but prob. wouldn't be expressed as such in this context, in my opinion
and resolutely selfless
where others come first/puts others first
It's not that the region is friendly (implied), but rather that the place puts others first.
I hope this helps.
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