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Les humains se ressemblent bien plus qu'on ne pourrait le penser de prime abord

English translation: IMHO

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French term or phrase:Les humains se ressemblent bien plus qu'on ne pourrait le penser de prime abord
English translation:IMHO
Entered by: Nicole Dargere

18:54 Apr 14, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Philosophy
French term or phrase: Les humains se ressemblent bien plus qu'on ne pourrait le penser de prime abord
This is a quote from Abraham Maslow...
Thanks in advance for your ideas.
Nicole Dargere
Canada
Local time: 09:19
IMHO
Explanation:
Salut Nicole...long time...:

If your text really mentions it as a "quote" - quoting Maslow then use the exact thext... but from the French you have it is not an accurate or "faithful" quote but more like an interpretation. In thatcase I would also compromise and use as much as possible of the exact same words used by Maslow but adapted to my "French" text:
either:
"...people [...] are much more alike than we would think from our first contact with them,..."

since there is them and "we" are human beings as well I think people is good here. Using humans or human beings would make "We" soundlike another species :-)


"...people [...] are much more alike than we would think from our first contact with them,..."
Cultural specificity and generality of needs. -- This classification of basic needs makes some attempt to take account of the relative unity behind the superficial differences in specific desires from one culture to another. Certainly in any particular culture an individual's conscious motivational content will usually be extremely different from the conscious motivational content of an individual in another society. However, it is the common experience of anthropologists that people, even in different societies, are much more alike than we would think from our first contact with them, and that as we know them better we seem to find more and more of this commonness, We then recognize the most startling differences to be superficial rather than basic, e. g., differences in style of hair-dress, clothes, tastes in food, etc. Our classification of basic needs is in part an attempt to account for this unity behind the apparent diversity from culture to culture. No claim is made that it is ultimate or universal for all cultures. The claim is made only that it is relatively more ultimate, more universal, more basic, than the superficial conscious desires from culture to culture, and makes a somewhat closer approach to common-human characteristics, Basic needs are more common-human than superficial desires or behaviors.


http://www.attractingsuccess.com/library/spirituality/spirit...
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Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 18:19
Grading comment
Salut JL... Great picture on your site....
Thanks kindly for your answer.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3people are more alike that at first might seem
Patrick McKeown
3 +3comment (not for grading)
David Sirett
5... people ... are much more alike than we would think from our first contact with them ...
Jean-Claude Gouin
4Humans are more alike... (not for grading)
Corinne Bono
3 +1IMHO
Jean-Luc Dumont


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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
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Explanation:
More likely a translation of a quote, as I assume Maslow wrote in English, so what you need is the original, if anyone can find it.

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Note added at 33 mins (2004-04-14 19:27:46 GMT)
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\"people, even in different societies, are much more alike than we would think from our first contact with them\"
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Maslow/motivation.htm

David Sirett
Local time: 18:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Corinne Bono: exactly
14 mins
agree  peekay
17 mins
agree  Jean-Luc Dumont
48 mins
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Humans are more alike... (not for grading)


Explanation:
This is just a comment regarding both answers above mine. I agree that if it is an exact quote, you'll have to find the original. I have done a quick search but did not see it in full so far. One thing I can say though is that as with most philosophers and psychiatrist differentiating between our human and our bestial reactions, Maslow would not often choose to use 'people' but prefer 'humans' or 'human beings'. So I'm not so sure the quote will turn up to have included "people" in it. But it might.

Corinne Bono
France
Local time: 18:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
IMHO


Explanation:
Salut Nicole...long time...:

If your text really mentions it as a "quote" - quoting Maslow then use the exact thext... but from the French you have it is not an accurate or "faithful" quote but more like an interpretation. In thatcase I would also compromise and use as much as possible of the exact same words used by Maslow but adapted to my "French" text:
either:
"...people [...] are much more alike than we would think from our first contact with them,..."

since there is them and "we" are human beings as well I think people is good here. Using humans or human beings would make "We" soundlike another species :-)


"...people [...] are much more alike than we would think from our first contact with them,..."
Cultural specificity and generality of needs. -- This classification of basic needs makes some attempt to take account of the relative unity behind the superficial differences in specific desires from one culture to another. Certainly in any particular culture an individual's conscious motivational content will usually be extremely different from the conscious motivational content of an individual in another society. However, it is the common experience of anthropologists that people, even in different societies, are much more alike than we would think from our first contact with them, and that as we know them better we seem to find more and more of this commonness, We then recognize the most startling differences to be superficial rather than basic, e. g., differences in style of hair-dress, clothes, tastes in food, etc. Our classification of basic needs is in part an attempt to account for this unity behind the apparent diversity from culture to culture. No claim is made that it is ultimate or universal for all cultures. The claim is made only that it is relatively more ultimate, more universal, more basic, than the superficial conscious desires from culture to culture, and makes a somewhat closer approach to common-human characteristics, Basic needs are more common-human than superficial desires or behaviors.


http://www.attractingsuccess.com/library/spirituality/spirit...


Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 18:19
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Salut JL... Great picture on your site....
Thanks kindly for your answer.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gayle Wallimann
12 mins
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
... people ... are much more alike than we would think from our first contact with them ...


Explanation:
However, it is the common experience of anthropologists that people, even in different societies, are much more alike than we would think from our first contact with them, and that as we know them better we seem to find more and more of this commonness.

Written in 1943 by Abraham Maslow.

Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 12:19
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
people are more alike that at first might seem


Explanation:
you might want to have a look at http://www.maslow.com/
to see some of the original works.

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Note added at 15 hrs 27 mins (2004-04-15 10:21:57 GMT)
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As others pointed out after me, you should try to track down the exact quote ;-)) Someone has already done that part for you (1045, JLDSF).


    Reference: http://www.maslow.com/
Patrick McKeown
Italy
Local time: 18:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
5 mins
  -> thank you, Vicky
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): than it might seem at first
12 mins
  -> thanks, Jane
agree  Hacene
3 hrs
  -> thank you, Hacène
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