Glossary entry

angielski term or phrase:

dog-whistle rhetoric

polski translation:

retoryka/przekaz/komunikat skierowana/y do określonej grupy zwolenników/odbiorców

Added to glossary by mike23
Nov 10, 2015 07:53
8 yrs ago
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angielski term

dog-whistle

angielski > polski Nauki społeczne Rząd/polityka politics idiom
Dear All,
could you please help me translate this, apparently, idiomatic expression: "dog-whistle" rhetoric. The context is as follows: "In the dog-whistle rhetoric of Hammond, the archetypal contemporary migrant..."
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Nov 10, 2015 07:53: Karen Zaragoza changed "Vetting" from "Needs Vetting" to "Vet OK"

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Nov 15, 2015 14:36: mike23 Created KOG entry

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Discussion

mike23 Nov 10, 2015:
A dog-whistle is used to create a special high-pitched sound which only attracts the attention of a particular dog rather than all the dogs around. The analogy then is to put across a political message in such a way that it will only be understood by potential supporters rather than voters in general.
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The term dog-whistle politics originates from Australian English, and was introduced to the UK by Australian political strategist Lynton Crosby, who was involved in the 2005 Conservative Party election campaign. Crosby had helped Australian Prime Minister John Howard to four consecutive election victories, with the focus of the campaigning on so-called dog-whistle issues, an expression in use in Australia since around 1997. The dog-whistle analogy was drawn from Australian sheep-farming, where a farmer uses a whistle which is only audible to one dog. This idea was taken over into political contexts as a way of describing a message aimed exclusively at one section of the electorate.
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/entries/dog-whis...
George BuLah (X) Nov 10, 2015:
re: "Na język polski nie został przetłumaczony" W Polsce nie uprawia się też mandarynek.
Wymyślimy coś, zamiast przepisywania Internetu?
"ledwo słyszalny" będzie ok ?

Cake Nov 10, 2015:
dog-whistle politics: expressing political ideas in such a way that only a specific group of voters properly understand what is being said, especially in order to conceal a controversial message (http://tinyurl.com/pgk3mu5).

"W języku angielskim istnieje termin „dog whistle politics”. Na język polski nie został przetłumaczony podobno dlatego, że w polskim życiu publicznym można wypowiadać publicznie treści pełne uprzedzeń rasowych i innych kompletnie bezkarnie. „Dog whistle politics” ... to taki rodzaj mowy, który zawiera mniej lub bardziej niejawne, podprogowe przesłania skierowane do pewnej grupy odbiorców, dzięki którym mówca zwołuje (jak na gwizdnięcie) swoich zwolenników lub daje znać tej grupie, że „tak naprawdę jestem z wami”. W kontekście amerykańskim przykładem takiego stylu jest rzucona od niechcenia przez Ronalda Reagana, w czasie kampanii prezydenckiej w 1976 roku, uwaga o „królowych bezrobocia”. Mogła się ona wydać sporej części publiczności zupełnie niewinna, ale przez grupę odbiorców o skłonnościach rasistowskich została zrozumiana poprawnie: Reaganowi chodziło bowiem o czarne samotne matki na zasiłku wychowujące dzieci..."(http://tinyurl.com/q2qboam)
mike23 Nov 10, 2015:
British ministers including Theresa May and Philip Hammond have made hair-raising claims about the dangers of migrants entering the country.
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Theresa May got the ball rolling in May, when she claimed on Radio 4 that the vast majority of migrants to Europe are Africans travelling for economic reasons. The media has followed suit
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Foreign secretary Philip Hammond this week not only repeated May’s claims about African economic migrants, but portrayed them as marauders who would soon hasten the collapse of European civilisation.
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In the dog-whistle rhetoric of Hammond and Theresa May, the archetypal contemporary migrant in Europe is from Africa. But again, that’s not true.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/10/10-truths-abo...

Proposed translations

+2
  4 godz.
angielski term (edited): dog-whistle rhetoric
Selected

retoryka skierowana do określonej grupy zwolenników/odbiorców

retoryka skierowana do określonej grupy zwolenników/odbiorców

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Note added at 4 hrs (2015-11-10 12:19:52 GMT)
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Opcja 2
przekaz/komunikat skierowany do określonej grupy zwolenników/odbiorców
Peer comment(s):

agree Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
  2 godz.
Thank you, Frank.
agree clairee
4 dni
Thank you, Clairee.
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1 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Too distant from the meaning, not useful at all"
+1
  7 godz.

polityczny przekaz podprogowy/subliminalny

propozycja
Peer comment(s):

agree mike23 : That's what it is. I hope you are doing fine // Don't forget to drain the swamp. Good luck! btw Alligators are omnipresent
  41 min
Thank you, Michał. I thought that only dogs can hear certain frequencies, so that the communication here is on the subliminal level. (I am making do, as the say, but am up to my neck in alligators. I hope there are no human alligators where you live.)
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