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English translation: convergence
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| 09:17 Oct 24, 2001 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Philosophy | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Johanna Timm, PhD Canada Local time: 23:30 | ||||||
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peer agreement (net): +1to become one with the gods Explanation: Sorry, my Greek history isn't up to snuff. But this could be what he's getting at. |
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3 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1to become one with the Whole Explanation: HTH :-) Slaby Grossmann |
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to merge, to become one Explanation: perhaps in the religious sense: to become one with God. It definitely is not a synonym for "to die" and you have to figure out the background from the context. |
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Becoming One Explanation: I've seen this as "becoming one with life", but also in the euphemism "becoming one with God" (meeting one's Maker). |
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Comment to my answer Explanation: Das ist im mystischen Sinne gemeint, glaube ich. :-) |
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CONVERGENCE Explanation: Convergence is a very *in* word for all mystical/New age type of texts. Christine Death's Convergence 5 Journal (LastUpdated: Wed Aug 15 17:41:22 PDT 2001). Kermit's ... www.perkigoth.com/features/convergence/c5/ Representations for the rate of convergence of birth-death processes. Author: EA van Doorn ... www.math.utwente.nl/~doorn/papers/repcon.abs.html - Why combine the convergence with Death Equinox? The reasons are many. There are similar philosophies for one thing, similar staff for another. Many of the ... user.netonecom.net/~cyberpsychos/con/converge.html relevant translation experience |
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23 mins confidence:
Nirvana Explanation: I have a feeling of that you are translating from a translation, and suspect that the original source contained "Nirvana" or a synonym thereof. My geriatric brain. |
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unity Explanation: to become one - unite |
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58 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1the ultimate immersion Explanation: another way of expressing Nirvana - in a 'nondenominaional' sense. |
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