Aug 8, 2018 16:30
5 yrs ago
French term
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elle n’a pas présenté de réminiscences
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French to English
Medical
Psychology
A psychiatric report I'm translating says the patient "n’a pas présenté de réminiscences, d’amnésie, de flashback." The final two things in the list are easy to translate - amnesia and flashbacks - but I'm not sure how to translate the first thing, "réminiscences". The obvious translation would be "reminiscences", but that sounds strange to me, because in English, reminiscing is an enjoyable activity.
Here's the context:
La patiente n’a jamais présenté d’idées de suicide. L’anxiété prédominait. Elle vivait un sentiment d’impuissance. Son fonctionnement était généralement perturbé. Toutefois, elle n’a pas présenté de réminiscences, d’amnésie, de flashback. Il n’y a pas eu de réactivations de passé traumatique.
Here's the context:
La patiente n’a jamais présenté d’idées de suicide. L’anxiété prédominait. Elle vivait un sentiment d’impuissance. Son fonctionnement était généralement perturbé. Toutefois, elle n’a pas présenté de réminiscences, d’amnésie, de flashback. Il n’y a pas eu de réactivations de passé traumatique.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | reminiscence |
S. Marcotte
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| 4 +2 | reminiscence |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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Proposed translations
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reminiscence
Canada's oft used government termbase Termium has a specific entry for that term (link below). Much of Termium's terminology is taken from official European sources, but as the French synonym "souvenir" also appears on the right, I get the feeling the term may not be especially clinical in nature. But at least you'll have a source.
Here's the link:
http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?la...
Here's the link:
http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?la...
Note from asker:
| How is it that I've never heard of Termium before? It's amazing! I'll definitely be using it from now on. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: I hope you don't mind my posting the same term as you have already posted. I've posted an answer rather than a reference post as I have wanted to explain stuff.
5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+2
7 hrs
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Native in English
Specializes in field
Psychologist, Court-certified legal
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
Related KudoZ points
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46
French term (edited):
réminiscence
reminiscence
In the discussion section, Marco presents an interesting source that considers the English conception and use of the term and its overlap with autobiographical memory, the latter type of memory being part of long-term memory. Reminiscence is something people use, consciously and unconsciously, to recall events of their own past. It is used in some types of psychotherapy, particularly with old people, as a technique, as explained in the article cited by Marco. The authors explain that they use "réminiscence" with the English psychological meaning. Reminiscence is a mnesic function that serves autobiographical memory and is used in therapy: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=reminiscence thera...
Also in the discussions section, Kevin's first source describes spontaneous unconscious recall of images from an event of the individual's past. In PTSD, for example, a person may experience amnesia, flashbacks and recollection of negative information. In PTSD the negative thoughts are often automatic and become distorted which results in an increase of PTSD symptoms (Schiraldi, G.R., The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook, 2016, McGraw Hill, pp.176-180).
The term "reminiscence" is used ordinarily as an activity which is pleasant. To understand it with its ordinary meaning in this context would clearly be incorrect. However, in psychology, the term "reminiscence" refers to both voluntary and involuntary recollection of past events. If you check this article, you will see how it can be used in French psychological contexts in the same specific way the same term is used in English psychological contexts. Scan through some of the content of the article, in French, but confirm the use of the term in English by reading through the bibliographic references at the ened of the article, the majority of which are in English, from classic peer-reviewed original language sources, and which use the term "reminiscence", http://www.jle.com/download/nrp-304974-concept_de_reminiscen...
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Note added at 7 hrs (2018-08-08 23:41:32 GMT)
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I came across the term "réminiscence" in studying PTSD and during specific informational training on PTSD with a couple of people from this team http://www.abcpsychotraumas.fr/pages/les-equipes/equipe-8.ph...
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Note added at 7 hrs (2018-08-08 23:44:06 GMT)
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Amnesia and flashback are found in PTSD and it seem particularly relevant therefore that "réminiscence" should appear here. The extract you post goes on to affirm that there has been no "réactivation de passé traumatique". It all makes perfect sense. ;-)
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Note added at 1 day 5 hrs (2018-08-09 21:54:20 GMT)
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Correction: "an activity that is pleasant"
Also in the discussions section, Kevin's first source describes spontaneous unconscious recall of images from an event of the individual's past. In PTSD, for example, a person may experience amnesia, flashbacks and recollection of negative information. In PTSD the negative thoughts are often automatic and become distorted which results in an increase of PTSD symptoms (Schiraldi, G.R., The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook, 2016, McGraw Hill, pp.176-180).
The term "reminiscence" is used ordinarily as an activity which is pleasant. To understand it with its ordinary meaning in this context would clearly be incorrect. However, in psychology, the term "reminiscence" refers to both voluntary and involuntary recollection of past events. If you check this article, you will see how it can be used in French psychological contexts in the same specific way the same term is used in English psychological contexts. Scan through some of the content of the article, in French, but confirm the use of the term in English by reading through the bibliographic references at the ened of the article, the majority of which are in English, from classic peer-reviewed original language sources, and which use the term "reminiscence", http://www.jle.com/download/nrp-304974-concept_de_reminiscen...
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Note added at 7 hrs (2018-08-08 23:41:32 GMT)
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I came across the term "réminiscence" in studying PTSD and during specific informational training on PTSD with a couple of people from this team http://www.abcpsychotraumas.fr/pages/les-equipes/equipe-8.ph...
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Note added at 7 hrs (2018-08-08 23:44:06 GMT)
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Amnesia and flashback are found in PTSD and it seem particularly relevant therefore that "réminiscence" should appear here. The extract you post goes on to affirm that there has been no "réactivation de passé traumatique". It all makes perfect sense. ;-)
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Note added at 1 day 5 hrs (2018-08-09 21:54:20 GMT)
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Correction: "an activity that is pleasant"
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
B D Finch
: I think that, in this context, the explanation is as important as giving the correct term.
10 hrs
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| agree |
Victoria Britten
1 day 7 hrs
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Discussion
"Émergence répétitive de pensées, d'images apparaissant coupées d'un évènement du passé qui pourtant continue à les causer et avec lequel elles sont en relation par des liens associatifs inconscients".
http://www.psychologies.com/Dico-Psycho/Reminiscences
"La "réminiscence", vague image du passé, doit être distinguée du "souvenir", rappel plus net de ce passé."
https://www.cordial.fr/dictionnaire/definition/réminiscence....