Oct 19, 2022 09:37
1 yr ago
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German term
Austria
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to German, and 3 more.
Kultiviertheit
German to English
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
Kultiviertheit bedeutet hier die im sozialen Kontext ausgebildete, erwünschte Lebensweise. Dazu kommen die individuellen Anlagen einer Person sowie zeitliche, räumliche und soziale Bedingungen. Das sind die Lebensumstände unter denen ein Mensch leben muss.
Es gibt keine einheitliche Definition für Bildung, sondern sehr unterschiedliche Vorstellungen davon. Es können aber einige Parameter festgemacht werden wie Wissen, Intellektualität, Kultiviertheit usw.
sophistication?
VIELEN DANK!
Es gibt keine einheitliche Definition für Bildung, sondern sehr unterschiedliche Vorstellungen davon. Es können aber einige Parameter festgemacht werden wie Wissen, Intellektualität, Kultiviertheit usw.
sophistication?
VIELEN DANK!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +4 | sophistication/refinement |
Ramey Rieger (X)
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| 3 +4 | a cultured person |
Sonja Marks-Terrey
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| 3 +2 | finesse |
Liz Hirst
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| 4 | Refinement |
Cillie Swart
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| 3 +1 | level of cultivation/ cultivatedness |
Justin Reeve
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| 3 | class |
Lirka
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Proposed translations
+4
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sophistication/refinement
Sophistication often applies to a person's entire aura, from clothing to speech habits, reflecting education and worldliness.
I personally prefer refinement as it implies the process of becoming refined.
I personally prefer refinement as it implies the process of becoming refined.
Note from asker:
| thanks a lot, Ramey! |
Peer comment(s):
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David Partikian
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Mercy buckets
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Cillie Swart
: seems plausible, thanks for sharing
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You betcha
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thefastshow
: Sophistication
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It's a tricky one, actually. Finesse can imply cunning; sophistication, snobbishness; cultured, pearls; refinement; the oil industry :-)!
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British Diana
: at least Wikipedia seems to equate Kultiviertheit with sophistication
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "vielen Dank!"
+2
15 mins
finesse
Finesse umfasst ein breiteres Spektrum an Bedeutungen und kann daher verwendet werden, denke ich: cultivation hört sich an, als ob man sich auf Pflanzen bezieht! ansonsten könnte man cultural sophistication verwenden, da sophistication für sich genommen auch ziemlich eng in seiner Anwendung ist. ich hoffe, das hilft!
Example sentence:
Her attitude and behaviour in social situations showed great finesse.
Peer comment(s):
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David Partikian
: All the suggestions work unless the text has some Brave New World associations.
2 hrs
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| agree |
Cillie Swart
: Good one.
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+4
2 hrs
Sonja Marks-Terrey
France
France
Native in English
Specializes in field
France
The right word, the right style.
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: German to English, French to English
a cultured person
I think that sophistication isnt quite it. We have to use an adj., IMHO. That entrains changing the sentence structure which I leave up to you!
Peer comment(s):
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David Partikian
: All the suggestions work unless the text has some Brave New World associations
43 mins
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Cillie Swart
: Yes
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TonyTK
: Good point, and none of the other suggestions seem to fit. As "Kultiviertheit" can be high or low, how about "cultural background" as defined at https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/ipad/6367? Or is that too open to misinterpretation?
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Michael Martin, MA
: Being cultured means...
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Cillie Swart
South Africa
South Africa
Native in English
Works in field
South Africa
Finance, Legal, Business Texts
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, Dutch to English, Afrikaans to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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20
Refinement
Def refinement in this context, although Sophistication not wrong. Context here speaks to how a person is trained to conform to certain social norms or preferences, Sophistication speaks more to independent thought IMHO.
+1
10 hrs
Justin Reeve
Canada
Canada
Native in English
Specializes in field
Canada
Archaeologist, Historian, Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French, German to English, and 1 more.
level of cultivation/ cultivatedness
Just a couple of suggestions.
Peer comment(s):
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Nancy Kutzne (X)
119 days
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1 day 13 hrs
class
short and sweet?
Discussion
https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/sophisticated
https://m.dict.cc/deen/?s=Kultiviertheit : (manners)
https://de.pons.com/übersetzung/englisch-deutsch/sophisticat...
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/de/worterbuch/englisch/sop... : (style)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophistication
I consider "Kultiviertheit" to be similar to/a part of "kulturelle Grammatik" and the knowledge and awareness of style and culture constitutes an important instrument of a social construct to set itsself apart from others. A bit like cives romani and barbari. On a lighter note one could talk about "refinement", which maybe used from members of such circles themselves. I guess sophistication may be the more contemporary interpretation of "Kultiviertheit".