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German to English translations [PRO] Environment & Ecology / Sustainability | |||||||
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Regenerative development |
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adaptability Explanation: **adaptability instead of sustainability ** Perhaps adaptability or durability would describe "Vorhaltigkeit" in this context. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/opinion/against-sustainab... |
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Upstream preparation Explanation: There is not much to go on except " Diese Aktivitäten im Vorfeld («Vorhaltigkeit»)" in a Swiss article, for which I can no longer find the link. Will keep searching. But this is my take on an English equivalent. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 25 mins (2020-01-28 11:50:41 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Here is a link https://www.yumpu.com/de/document/view/21660789/ganze-medien... Example sentence(s):
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Forward thinking Explanation: Would that fit? -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 25 mins (2020-01-28 11:50:44 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.urbanminer.at/urbane-minen Example sentence(s):
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conceiving instead of conserving/concept development, not conservation Explanation: Something along these lines |
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Vorhaltigkeit statt Nachhaltigkeit Planning for sustainability Explanation: https://www.planningforsustainability.co.uk/ instead of sustainability isn't going to work in EN. It makes it sound like something undesirable. Both Vorhaltigkeit and Nachhaltigkeit mean sustainabilty, but with Vorhaltigkeit, the stress is on planning ahead. When paired with Nachhaltigkeit, it creates a play on words suggesting a meaning that is not necessarily present in the second element, namely lack of foresight. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 43 mins (2020-01-28 12:08:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Planned rather than haphazard/disorganised sustainability, i.e. instead of scrabbling around trying to clear up past mistakes. I don't think this is anything to do with "preserving the past/status quo". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 52 mins (2020-01-28 12:16:49 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Hi Julia "Sustainability planning" sounds like a DE compound noun transposed directly into EN. "Planning for sustainability" has a more natural ring to it. I think the "greater" element is understood from the context. LG AJS |
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proactive sustainability Explanation: ...as opposed to reactive sustainablity when it might be too late already... https://www.google.com/search?q=Vorhaltigkeit&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjGx6aVvabnAhWIDewKHZ9ADUkQ_AUoAnoECAsQBA&biw=1517&bih=730 |
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(holding out for) pre-sustainability (ex ante) Explanation: As all readers will or should know, Vorhaltigkeit is a pun on vorhalten meaning to show or 'hold out' e.g. in court or a travel ticket on public transport. statt Nachhaltigkeit > instead of sustainability ex post facto or after the event. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://feedreader.com/observe/pre-sustainability.com |
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sustaining rather than sustainable Explanation: In line with especially the second source below, 'sustaining' means more forward-looking, going beyond managing (the mistakes of) historical practices and overcoming the dichotomy between economy and nature. Compare with this: "Der Begriff der „Vorhaltig-keit“ trifft es aus meiner Sicht besser als der Marketingbegriff Nachhaltigkeit. Denn wir schauen nach vorne und setzen auf die Gewinner der Zukunft – nicht auf die Ge-winner der Vergangenheit." https://www.oekoworld.com/fileadmin/media_oekoworld/Bilder_f... This source drills a little deeper: "We might call this new world of commerce sustaining rather than sustainable, which suggests to us a more fulfilling agenda than the maintenance of a damaging system. Why choose a meager, limiting diet when we can create real sustenance with designs as safe, nutritious and productive as those nature gives us?" https://mcdonough.com/writings/design-triple-top-line/ |
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Reference: Regenerative development Reference information: “Regenerative development is the use of resources to improve society's well being in a way that builds the capacity of the support systems needed for future growth. What sustainable development is to traditional economic development, regenerative development is to sustainable development.” See also: regenerative design, culture, economy Nachhaltig - remember that even though the word play in German implies a ‘before and after’ scenario, taking action in advance of or after (in reaction to) an event - and that connotation is no doubt why Vorhaltigkeit has been coined in this context - that is not what Nachhaltigkeit means. Reference: http://designsciencelab.com/resources/Regenerative-Developme... https://capitalinstitute.org/ |
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