qu\'est autrui par sa présence même - that the Other is making on us by his or her simple presence ( translation glossary) Philosophie,Kunst/Literatur

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Französisch Begriff oder Satz:	qu'est autrui par sa présence même
Englisch Übersetzung:	that the Other is making on us by his or her simple presence
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10:34am Nov 28, 2007

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Französisch Begriff oder Satz: qu'est autrui par sa présence même

I'm having a hard time understanding this sentence: "Chez [Levinas] le visage devient le symbole de l'Autre, qui fait de chacun de nous un otage sommé de répondre à la sollicitation qu'est autrui par sa présence même."

In Levinas' work, the face becomes a symbol of the Other--an Other who makes of each of us a hostage called upon to answer the appeal...

Paul Frank

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...that the Other is making on us by his simple presence

Erklärung:
This provides the meaning, but it doesn't sound great. You could turn the whole last part of the sentence around... I will have a go and get back to you.

I am not familiar with Levinas, but this reminds me of something similar in Sartre ;)

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An idea for turning it around: "... the face becomes a symbol of the Other, whose very presence constitutes an appeal to which we, as hostages, are called upon to respond.

I'm just not sure about the "as hostages" part - I wonder whether it doesn't sufficiently convey the idea that it is the face as a symbol of the Other that is turning us into these "hostages".

Good luck, in any case!

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Hi Paul,
Since Carol has graciously offered to concede the points for this question (see note below), would you mind arranging this? It seems that you simply have to click on the "Call moderator to this question" button at the bottom of this page.
Thanks and regards, Cath

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Cath Murray
Spanien

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Thanks Cath!
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ZUSAMMENFASSUNG ALLER ÜBERSETZUNGEN (ENGLISCH)

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...that the Other is making on us by his simple presence

Cath Murray

3 +1

which is Other by its very presence; Whose very presence makes it Other

Carol Gullidge

represented by the very presence of the Other

Emma Paulay

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28 Min. Antwortsicherheit:

represented by the very presence of the Other

Erklärung:
This guy sounds very sociable!

Emma Paulay
Frankreich
Muttersprache: Englisch

47 Min. Antwortsicherheit:

Zustimmung (Netto): +1

which is Other by its very presence; Whose very presence makes it Other

Erklärung:

which is Other, by definition

would be a simpler, less literal, version - for clarity. But clarity doesn't seem to fit the style of this philosophy!

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Whose Otherness stems from its very presence

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Hi Paul: Did you really mean to award this to me, or was it a slip of the button? If you really intended to award the points elsewhere, I gladly give you my permission, which you need in order to ask the Moderators to rectify the situation...

Carol Gullidge
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Fragesteller: Thanks. This was pointed out to me. I liked this solution: "the face becomes a symbol of the Other, whose very presence constitutes an appeal to which we, as hostages, are called upon to respond".

9 Min. Antwortsicherheit:

Zustimmung (Netto): +1

...that the Other is making on us by his simple presence

Erklärung:
This provides the meaning, but it doesn't sound great. You could turn the whole last part of the sentence around... I will have a go and get back to you.

I am not familiar with Levinas, but this reminds me of something similar in Sartre ;)

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Note added at 19 mins (2007-11-28 10:54:00 GMT)
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An idea for turning it around: "... the face becomes a symbol of the Other, whose very presence constitutes an appeal to which we, as hostages, are called upon to respond.

I'm just not sure about the "as hostages" part - I wonder whether it doesn't sufficiently convey the idea that it is the face as a symbol of the Other that is turning us into these "hostages".

Good luck, in any case!

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Note added at 1 day5 hrs (2007-11-29 16:00:12 GMT) Post-grading
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Hi Paul,
Since Carol has graciously offered to concede the points for this question (see note below), would you mind arranging this? It seems that you simply have to click on the "Call moderator to this question" button at the bottom of this page.
Thanks and regards, Cath

Cath Murray
Spanien
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Muttersprache: Englisch
PRO-Punkte in Kategorie: 4

Hinweis von Fragesteller an den Antwortenden

Thanks Cath!

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Französisch: qu'est autrui par sa présence même

Englisch translation: that the Other is making on us by his or her simple presence