it pervades

20:07 Sep 13, 2023 

I like Sofia's answer and explanation that repetitive questions can make discussions be popular when they're many. The other suggestions are interesting also. (Thank you!)

19:58 Sep 12, 2023 

One answer gave an example of a use of 'to pervade' in a sense of skepticism or suspicion with respect to intentions, but the sense in the original text was about a question on the overall success or effectiveness of economic intentions, without specific reference to suspicious intentions. (Is the overall effectiveness (or success) of the intentions less obvious at times?)

19:49 Sep 12, 2023 

The question was about the meaning of pervade as a verb and I asked if there was a noun with the verb. I found pervasiveness to be the noun in the dictionary. I think a qualifier is the adjective 'pervasive'. (Example: The topic is pervasive (present regularly) in discussions.) The original text was in English about social capital as a topic of interest which pervades social or economic studies. I accept the author of the original text wrote that the topic pervades, meaning that it's present often, perhaps it returns to discussions, simply, without any inference of influence. The nuance of meaning occurs perhaps with an English - English question, simply about the definition and context example of the word 'to pervade / pervasive', alongside the context with the topic area on economics and all of its connotations and varieties.

13:00 Sep 10, 2023 

the meaning of "to pervade", or what qualifiers could be paired with "to pervade"?

The meaning of "some topic pervading studies and discussions on economics and social science" is certainly NOT about that topic having some kind of influence on anything. It simply means this topic is often discussed, nothing more.

As for what qualifiers could be paired with "to pervade" - that is relevant if you're the author of the text and depends on the nuance of meaning you want to express.

As a translator you have to stick to what the author of the ST said.

17:50 Sep 9, 2023 

If something pervades then it's present throughout.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/pervade
definition: to be present throughout, to diffuse, fill, spread throughout, permeate, extend.
The word comes from Italian (Latin) 'pervadere'.
adjective: pervasive; noun: pervasiveness.
I asked if it means to hold an influence on another, the dictionary states neither no nor yes, simply that it occurs. It was acceptable to ask a person.

16:08 Sep 9, 2023 

This is a dictionary question…