Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
à nos sens
English translation:
to our senses our which our senses are accustomed to
Added to glossary by
Drmanu49
Nov 18, 2008 15:21
15 yrs ago
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French term
Belgium
Works in: French to English
à nos sens
French to English
Science
Psychology
How would you translate 'à nos sens' in this case?
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Il est capital pour le spiritualisme de noter que la physique admet la probabilité d'une substance tout en même temps matérielle et impondérable, et suffisamment subtile pour traverser les objets habituels à nos sens.
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You think the author means "in our opinion subtle enough to..."
or rather in the context of "what we consider to be regular objects"?
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Il est capital pour le spiritualisme de noter que la physique admet la probabilité d'une substance tout en même temps matérielle et impondérable, et suffisamment subtile pour traverser les objets habituels à nos sens.
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You think the author means "in our opinion subtle enough to..."
or rather in the context of "what we consider to be regular objects"?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +5 | to our senses our which our senses are accustomed to |
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Nov 23, 2008 23:24: Drmanu49 Created KOG entry
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to our senses our which our senses are accustomed to
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Note added at 32 mins (2008-11-18 15:54:07 GMT)
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to which our senses are accustomed sounds better!
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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-11-18 18:03:42 GMT)
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or familiar to our senses as suggested by Helen.
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Note added at 32 mins (2008-11-18 15:54:07 GMT)
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to which our senses are accustomed sounds better!
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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-11-18 18:03:42 GMT)
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or familiar to our senses as suggested by Helen.
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Comment: "A similar sentence a few pages later, showed this was indeed the best translation in this case.
Thanks!"
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