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benevolent providence

Chinese translation: 善意的关怀

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English term or phrase:benevolent providence
Chinese translation:善意的关怀
Entered by: Wenjer Leuschel (X)

02:27 May 28, 2004
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History
English term or phrase: benevolent providence
Ludwig von Mises, leading modern free-market economist and social philosopher: "Opium and morphine are certainly dangerous, habit-forming drugs. But once the principle is admitted that is the duty of government to protect the individual against his own foolishness, no serious objections can be advanced against further encroachments. A good case could be made out in favor of the prohibition of alcohol and nicotine. And why limit the governments benevolent providence to the protection of the individual's body only? Is is not the harm a man can inflect on his mind and soul even more disastrous than any bodily evils? Why not prevent him from reading bad books and seeing bad plays, from looking at bad paintings and statues and listening to bad music? The mischief done by bad ideologies, surely, is much more pernicious, both for the individual and for the whole society, than that done by narcotic drugs."
出于善意的深谋远虑？有没有比较通俗的说法？
clearwater
China
Local time: 23:00
出于善意的防范
Explanation:
原则上，我同意先前 BCC 的说法：单单翻译成「善意」即可。
不过，providence 有「做为」的涵意在内，因此我建议翻译为「出于善意的考量」或「出于善意的防范」。


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Note added at 36 mins (2004-05-28 03:03:33 GMT)
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Sorry, BBW 不是 BCC.

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Note added at 39 mins (2004-05-28 03:06:06 GMT)
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Yongmei 建议的「善意的关怀」更是切近了。
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Wenjer Leuschel (X)
Taiwan
Local time: 23:00
Grading comment
谢谢！
就用“善意的关怀”。
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2善意
Chinoise
4出于善意的防范
Wenjer Leuschel (X)


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
善意


Explanation:
"benevolent providence"二字合而为一，译为“善意”，未尝不可。


Chinoise
Local time: 12:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yongmei Liu: 善意的关怀；providence: the care, guardianship, and control exercised by a deity; divine direction (American Heritage)
10 mins
  -> Yes, thanks!
agree  Wenjer Leuschel (X): Yongmei got the right answer.
35 mins
  ->  Yes. 善意的关怀!
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
出于善意的防范


Explanation:
原则上，我同意先前 BCC 的说法：单单翻译成「善意」即可。
不过，providence 有「做为」的涵意在内，因此我建议翻译为「出于善意的考量」或「出于善意的防范」。


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Note added at 36 mins (2004-05-28 03:03:33 GMT)
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Sorry, BBW 不是 BCC.

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Note added at 39 mins (2004-05-28 03:06:06 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Yongmei 建议的「善意的关怀」更是切近了。

Wenjer Leuschel (X)
Taiwan
Local time: 23:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 30
Grading comment
谢谢！
就用“善意的关怀”。
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