Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
exposure to
English answer:
[reading, and having to think about and understand the meaning of the writings]
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2009-12-18 11:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Dec 14, 2009 15:40
14 yrs ago
English term
Hungary
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Works in: English to Hungarian, Hungarian to English
exposure to
English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
I would like to receive answers only from English native-speakers, who are living in English-speaking countries.
The sentence:
"Exposure to a variety of anthropological and sociological writings was occasioned by the demands of teaching which increased when three anthropologists taught a single honours degree in the subject, whereas previously four staff had taught only joint honours students. This change increased our all-round knowledge but restricted further research in the early 1980s."
What does "exposure to" mean in this context?
Does it mean "having access to a variety of anthropological and sociological writings " or "the study of a variety of anthropological and sociological writings"?
The sentence:
"Exposure to a variety of anthropological and sociological writings was occasioned by the demands of teaching which increased when three anthropologists taught a single honours degree in the subject, whereas previously four staff had taught only joint honours students. This change increased our all-round knowledge but restricted further research in the early 1980s."
What does "exposure to" mean in this context?
Does it mean "having access to a variety of anthropological and sociological writings " or "the study of a variety of anthropological and sociological writings"?
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Dec 14, 2009 15:42: Katalin Szilárd changed "Restriction (Native Lang)" from "none" to "eng"
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Robert Forstag
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Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
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[reading, and having to think about and understand the meaning of the writings]
The entire extract you write is very poorly written, and could use some serious reworking.
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Note added at 6 mins (2009-12-14 15:47:38 GMT)
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ERRATUM:
I meant to post in my comment above:
The entire extract YOU HAVE POSTED is very poorly written, and could use some serious reworking.
Sorry!
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Note added at 13 mins (2009-12-14 15:54:43 GMT)
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I hope what I've posted is helpful. It is dreadfully written. Anyone hoping to translate it effectively to any language would have to be capable of teasing out the meaning of the English and then rendering that in a natural way into the target language.
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Note added at 48 mins (2009-12-14 16:29:28 GMT)
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A "safer" synonym would be "some familiarity with these writings" or "some acquaintance with these writings." It sounds like it means more than this in the present context (hence my suggestion) but we really can't be sure....
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Note added at 6 mins (2009-12-14 15:47:38 GMT)
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ERRATUM:
I meant to post in my comment above:
The entire extract YOU HAVE POSTED is very poorly written, and could use some serious reworking.
Sorry!
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Note added at 13 mins (2009-12-14 15:54:43 GMT)
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I hope what I've posted is helpful. It is dreadfully written. Anyone hoping to translate it effectively to any language would have to be capable of teasing out the meaning of the English and then rendering that in a natural way into the target language.
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Note added at 48 mins (2009-12-14 16:29:28 GMT)
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A "safer" synonym would be "some familiarity with these writings" or "some acquaintance with these writings." It sounds like it means more than this in the present context (hence my suggestion) but we really can't be sure....
Note from asker:
| Thank you for your prompt answer. Actually this is a recent Hungarian Kudoz question (not mine) and I wanted to receive an independent and English-native speaking opinion concerning this question. |
| So basically "studying of these writings" is a good choice as a synonym of "exposure to" in this context, isn't it? |
| Yes, your answer is pretty helpful. Thanks a lot, Robert. In my answer I gave a different meaning to this phrase: "being exposed to these writings", meaning that he/she had the access to these writings. But since I'm not an English native-speaking person (pretty far from that), I was looking for an answer of a native-speaker. Thanks! :) |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Robert, thank you for your prompt help. Also I want to thank the help of those, who sent peer notes. Good job! :)"
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