Feb 26, 2019 15:56
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United Kingdom
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道德
Chinese to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Art and ethics
Good afternoon, I have to translate this piece of writing taken from a Chinese art magazine, how would you translate this sentence into English?
"善，另外的说法就是“德”，儒家常在前面加上“道”，成了“道德”。“道”是天道、天理，人顺天理而行事就 是“德”或者“道德”。"
My proposal is:
"Goodness, also defined as “morality”, used to be combined by the Confucian school with “doctrine”, creating the “doctrine of morality”. The “doctrine” comprehends the natural laws, justice, people follow the justice and act respecting the “morality” or the “doctrine of morality”."
Do you have some suggestions on how to translate 道, 德 and 道德 avoiding repetitions?
"善，另外的说法就是“德”，儒家常在前面加上“道”，成了“道德”。“道”是天道、天理，人顺天理而行事就 是“德”或者“道德”。"
My proposal is:
"Goodness, also defined as “morality”, used to be combined by the Confucian school with “doctrine”, creating the “doctrine of morality”. The “doctrine” comprehends the natural laws, justice, people follow the justice and act respecting the “morality” or the “doctrine of morality”."
Do you have some suggestions on how to translate 道, 德 and 道德 avoiding repetitions?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | 道德 |
Chuan Xiao
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| 5 | Tao/Dao & De |
Frank Zou
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| 4 | virtue |
pkchan
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| 4 | ethics |
Jason Pym
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| 3 | morality |
Vladyslav Golovaty
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Proposed translations
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Chuan Xiao
Canada
Canada
Native in Chinese
Specializes in field
Canada
Bridging the gap between languages
Native in: Chinese (Variants: Traditional, Mandarin, Sichuanese , Simplified)
Works in: Chinese to English, English to Chinese
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道德
I would suggest Principles for 道， Welldoing for 德, and Morality for 道德。
善，Goodness， alternatively put，德，Welldoing， which used to be combined by Confucianists with 道， Principles， to form the concept of 道德 --literally Principles and Welldoing. 道 was defined as heavenly and ethical principles， and 德，or 道德， the human acts consistent with those principles--Morality.
善，Goodness， alternatively put，德，Welldoing， which used to be combined by Confucianists with 道， Principles， to form the concept of 道德 --literally Principles and Welldoing. 道 was defined as heavenly and ethical principles， and 德，or 道德， the human acts consistent with those principles--Morality.
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Vladyslav Golovaty
Ukraine
Ukraine
Native in English
Ukraine
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Ukrainian (Variant: Standard-Ukraine) , Russian
Works in: English to Ukrainian, Ukrainian to English, Russian to English, and 3 more.
morality
moral, ethics, morality
like - 公共道德
like - 公共道德
7 hrs
virtue
way=道
virtue=德
virtue=德
13 hrs
Tao/Dao & De
These are two VERY IMPORTANT philosophical concepts you can't just put into any English words. As a matter of fact, wikipedia presents some explanations, which may not be perfect but at least give us a general idea.
Example sentence:
The Dao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Dao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name.
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