non pas tant en fonction de ce qu’il font que de ce qu’ils sont

English translation: not so much in terms of what they do, but of who/what they are

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French term or phrase:	non pas tant en fonction de ce qu’il font que de ce qu’ils sont
English translation:	not so much in terms of what they do, but of who/what they are
Entered by:	Vanessa Lindsey

10:16 Oct 6, 2004

French to English translations [PRO]
Philosophy

French term or phrase: non pas tant en fonction de ce qu’il font que de ce qu’ils sont

Philosophical speech in war/arms.

Context:
"Et il ne s’agit pas ici seulement de l’usure du travailleur comptabilisé et optimisé dans son secteur de population , mais surtout de l’ensemble des normes qui décident de la sélection des bons et des mauvais comportements et en fin de compte des individus recevables et de ceux qui ne le sont pas, non pas tant en fonction de ce qu’il font que de ce qu’ils sont, de par leur pure présence suspendue au-dessus de l’abîme à la question de leur utilité."

Vanessa Lindsey KudoZ activity Questions: 114 (none open) Answers: 10 United Kingdom
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not so much in terms of what they do, but of who/what they are

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4 +2

not so much in terms of what they do, as what they are

suezen

4 +2

not so much for what they do but for what they are

CMJ_Trans (X)

3 +2

not so much in terms of what they do, but of who/what they are

writeaway

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1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

non pas tant en fonction de ce qu’il font que de ce qu’ils sont not so much in terms of what they do, as what they are

Explanation:
a possibility

suezen
Local time: 20:59
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

non pas tant en fonction de ce qu’il font que de ce qu’ils sont

not so much in terms of what they do, but of who/what they are

Explanation:
my take

writeaway
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks

17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

not so much for what they do but for what they are

Explanation:
also

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 20:59
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

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