Konsensgymnastik
English translation: consensus-seeking acrobatics
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| 16:44 Apr 19, 2007 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Government / Politics / history of liberalism | |||||
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|  Selected response from: Francis Lee (X) Local time: 03:19 | ||||
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| 3 +1 | going through the motions of reaching consensus |
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| 3 | strained consensus |
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| 3 | forced consensus |
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| 3 | consensus at any cost |
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| 1 | consensus-seeking acrobatics |
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18 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1going through the motions of reaching consensus Explanation: Your interpretation seems correct to me. Maybe something like "going through the motions of reaching consensus" |
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1 hr confidence:
strained consensus Explanation: Same sense, but catches the idea of "stretching" to reach apparent consensus. |
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2 hrs confidence:
forced consensus Explanation: Slightly harsher than the other 2 suggestions, does get 10,400 google hits. |
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14 hrs confidence:
consensus-seeking acrobatics Explanation: A tricky one (although one of the easier of your recent questions!). Perhaps you could after all use "gymnastics" - it's all about bending over backwards, after all. Alternatively, there'd be "contortions". Just a couple of ideas ... |
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15 hrs confidence:
consensus at any cost Explanation: The idea seems to be that, as Francis said, you bend over backwards to achieve a consensus, no matter what the outcome... |
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