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bem civilizatório

English translation: educational/cultural assets/capital

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Portuguese term or phrase:bem civilizatório
English translation:educational/cultural assets/capital
Entered by: Verginia Ophof

23:26 Mar 15, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Portuguese term or phrase: bem civilizatório
No mundo moderno, todos os bens civilizatórios estão vinculados à posse do capital. A universalização do acesso ao conhecimento é a forma mais eficiente de democratizar o acesso aos bens civilizatórios, incluinde saúde, moradia, emprego e renda e todos os demais.

The best I could find was "civilizing asset", but this sounds problematic to me.

Thank you for your help!
Aline Kubiak
United States
Local time: 06:38
educational/cultural assets/capital
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Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 07:38
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2educational/cultural assets/capital
Verginia Ophof
5civilizing property/civilizing goods
Susana Ferreira
3civilizatory goods
Gilmar Fernandes


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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
educational/cultural assets/capital


Explanation:
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Example sentence(s):
  • and cultural capital acts as a social relation within a system of exchange that includes the accumulated cultural knowledge that confers power and status.

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_capital
Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 07:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  lynnsalt: this sounds more accurate
11 hrs
  -> Thank you Lynnsalt !!
agree  Sheryle Oliver: For sure. See UNESCO citation in Discussion Entry.
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Thank you Sheryle !!
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
civilizatory goods


Explanation:
although the term sounds a bit strange, it does exist in EN, take a look at this article and also an older question right here on KudoZ

http://miradaglobal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=ar...

THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBALIZATION

Awareness that we must assume the civilizatory goods of globalization will lead us to dropping attitudes and discourses that are mere opposition. It is true that the domineering direction of this historical figure is determined by the totalitarianism of the market, which reduces the polyphony of life to the circuit of producing and consuming, which tries to turn everything into tradable goods and accelerate the process so that what we produce becomes increasingly disposable. Denouncing this totalitarianism that exploits, excludes, de-humanizes and reduces everything to a unique dimension, must not make us forget the potentialities of the enterprising individual, which cannot be replaced by the State, the benefits of a truly free and competitive market and the strengthening of many civilizatory goods without which human life is no longer possible. We cannot forget criticism, but we must be aware that only by possessing and acting on what is worthy, can we overcome the overwhelming totalitarianism of the market.

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese_to_english/government_p...

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 09:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rafael Mondini Bueno: "Bens civilizatórios" sounds really weird coming from a text in social sciences, but anyway, I agree that "civilizatory goods" is an adequate translation.
1 hr
  -> Thanks Rafael :)
disagree  lynnsalt: While "civilizatory" exists in a Google search, it appears only in translations into english. I can not find it in the dictionary or any reliable source.
10 hrs
  -> Quite true. But for sure I did not make this word up :) There are some neologisms that have not yet made it to our preferred dictionaries, specially in this globalized world we live in today....all languages acquire new terms from other language so fast..
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
civilizing property/civilizing goods


Explanation:
property or goods means all the "rights" that each citizen should have in a democratic society: health, accommodation, education, etc..

Susana Ferreira
Portugal
Local time: 14:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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