Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

(De)Stabilisierung

English translation:

(De-) stabilisation

Added to glossary by Thayenga
Dec 21, 2009 15:08
14 yrs ago
German term

(De)Stabilisierung

German to English Medical Psychology Child behaviour
This is from a court judgement concerning a father's access rights to his son, a minor. I'm not sure how far I should paraphrase this - e.g. "calm him down", "improve his behaviour", "keep him calm" etc. etc. - I would only use "stabilise" when describing getting a medical condition under control, which isn't quite the case here - there are no details of the exact nature of the child's behavioural difficulties.

TIA!

"Der Vater greift das Gutachten an, weil es unzureichend sein und der Sachverständige seinen Vorschlag des Umgangsrechtsausschlusses mit einer Psycho-/Verhaltenstherapie XXXs [child's name] begründet habe, die ihn stabilisiert haben solle, die aber gar nicht stattgefunden habe und damit auch keine vorhergehende Destabilisierung vorgelegen haben könne. Eine angebliche Stabilisierung durch die Mutter habe es nicht gegeben, diese beinflüsse XXX vielmehr negativ".
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 (De-) stabilisation
4 +1 Stabilise
Change log

Jul 15, 2018 05:02: Thayenga Created KOG entry

Discussion

Susan Welsh Dec 21, 2009:
de(stabilisation) I think you could just use this--I don't associate it only with a medical condition. But I am not sure I fully grasp the meaning of the paragraph, so I'm not fully confident. The idea seems to be that the father thinks his child is okay and cannot be "stabilised" because he was not "destabilised" in the first place. But I may be missing something.

Proposed translations

+2
2 hrs
Selected

(De-) stabilisation

since you're using the noun.
Peer comment(s):

agree Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
20 hrs
Danke, Harald. :)
agree Lioba Multer
3121 days
Danke Lioba. :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
16 mins

Stabilise

As the child has behavioural issues, I think you could use the term 'stabilise his/her behaviour' OK in this context -
stable /unstable are used to describe control of 'emotional' as well as 'medical' conditions
Peer comment(s):

agree Rolf Keiser : that's the way I see it
1 hr
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