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09:51 Nov 22, 2007
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Philosophy / Keiji Nishitani
Japanese term or phrase: See text
The bit that I'm stuck on is the second sentence.

宗教の立場での倫理の復活も、新たに倫理の基盤を作り出すという性格のものではない。それでもそこがまさに倫理の場であるのは、そこがようやく開かれた他者との出会いの場だからである。

Any ideas?
Thanks a lot.
CalumR
Japan
Local time: 15:39
English translation:see explanation
Explanation:
"Nevertheless, what makes this the true site of ethics is its being the site of a gradually unfolding encounter with the other"

'The other' is an overused philosophical term denoting anything we find foreign, alien, challenging, discomforting. I think he is saying that ethical development comes from these sorts of encounter and how we deal with them, but I'm not entirely sure how this ties up with the first sentence.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-11-22 15:33:30 GMT)
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I wrote:
"Nevertheless, what makes this the true site of ethics is its being the site of a gradually unfolding encounter with the other"

Slightly inaccurate methinks.
他者との出会いの場 should be '...site of encounter with the other' but I guess ようやく開かれたmodifies 場.

But the timescale of this isn't clear to me. Do you think the context here is the ethical development of the individual, or the history of religion/morality?


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Note added at 6 hrs (2007-11-22 15:52:04 GMT)
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[but I guess ようやく開かれたmodifies 場]
and would mean finally opened rather than 'gradually unfolding'.

Having said that, it probably modifies 他者
自我は、開かれた他者との交感の中にあって、はじめて自我として確立されていくのでしょう。 > > 一例？ですが… ...
www.eigaseikatu.com/imp/2855/269837/

Hell, this is tough without seeing the whole thing!
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Steven Smith
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:39
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Hi there - thanks so much for your help with the questions over the last few days - It was quite a challenging project, but satisfying to do something that doesn't just contain device specifications or something equally as uninsipring. Thanks again!

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Explanation:
"Nevertheless, what makes this the true site of ethics is its being the site of a gradually unfolding encounter with the other"

'The other' is an overused philosophical term denoting anything we find foreign, alien, challenging, discomforting. I think he is saying that ethical development comes from these sorts of encounter and how we deal with them, but I'm not entirely sure how this ties up with the first sentence.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 5 hrs (2007-11-22 15:33:30 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

I wrote:
"Nevertheless, what makes this the true site of ethics is its being the site of a gradually unfolding encounter with the other"

Slightly inaccurate methinks.
他者との出会いの場 should be '...site of encounter with the other' but I guess ようやく開かれたmodifies 場.

But the timescale of this isn't clear to me. Do you think the context here is the ethical development of the individual, or the history of religion/morality?


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 6 hrs (2007-11-22 15:52:04 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

[but I guess ようやく開かれたmodifies 場]
and would mean finally opened rather than 'gradually unfolding'.

Having said that, it probably modifies 他者
自我は、開かれた他者との交感の中にあって、はじめて自我として確立されていくのでしょう。 > > 一例？ですが… ...
www.eigaseikatu.com/imp/2855/269837/

Hell, this is tough without seeing the whole thing!

Steven Smith
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:39
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Grading comment
Hi there - thanks so much for your help with the questions over the last few days - It was quite a challenging project, but satisfying to do something that doesn't just contain device specifications or something equally as uninsipring. Thanks again!
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