encuentro diferencial

English translation: clash of differences

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Spanish term or phrase:encuentro diferencial
English translation:clash of differences
Entered by: James A. Walsh

14:38 Oct 16, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / migration
Spanish term or phrase: encuentro diferencial
This is from a report on migration and how migrants integrate into the host society and challenges to that happening smoothly.

The text lists aspects that the native population of the host country and migrants might differ over culturally and talks about awareness of identity... and then: "Siempre que se cuestiona la identidad de un individuo o de un colectivo es a causa de un conflicto, de un cambio, o de un encuentro diferencial."

Thanks very much.
Comunican
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:32
clash of differences
Explanation:
My understanding of "encuentro" here is "clash"; it certainly seems to fit your context anyway.
https://tureng.com/es/espanol-ingles/encuentro
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James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 15:32
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Thanks James, this is more or less how I understand it too
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Summary of answers provided
3clash of differences
James A. Walsh
2differential encounter
neilmac
2differential association
Dalia Pereda


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differential encounter


Explanation:
It looks like sociology/philosophical jargon, probably meaning something like a clash due to cultural differences.
I ran a search for the literal translation and found one mention in a book called The Future of Invention: Rhetoric, Postmodernism, and the Problem of Change. Google book links don't seem to load very well on proz...

Example sentence(s):
  • ... becoming a sophist, cultivating the differential encounter with reality...

    https://books.google.es/books?id=YkkzCFGQDN8C&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=%22differential+encounter%22&source=bl&ots=gKL5-y7rCs&sig=ACfU3U2hC5IaSmAD
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 15:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 51
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Neilmac, you're right about it being a clash of cultural differences, but I can't go with differential encounter ;-)

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differential association


Explanation:
Differential association is a theory used in criminology proposing that through interaction with others, individuals learn the values, attitudes, techniques and motives for criminal behavior.

Dalia Pereda
Spain
Local time: 15:32
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encuentro diferencial
clash of differences


Explanation:
My understanding of "encuentro" here is "clash"; it certainly seems to fit your context anyway.
https://tureng.com/es/espanol-ingles/encuentro


James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 15:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 33
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Thanks James, this is more or less how I understand it too
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