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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Vorteilsnahme

English translation:

(for) personal gain

Added to glossary by Reena Cohn (X)
Oct 29, 2020 20:13
3 yrs ago
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German term

Vorteilsnahme

German to English Social Sciences Psychology
Die Hinwendung zum Konformismus diente dann nur noch der eigenen Vorteilsnahme.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 (for) personal gain
4 for their own benefit
4 interest
3 was then merely a /another / self-serving exercise
3 personal advantage
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Proposed translations

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(for) personal gain

In seinem Fall war es um rein persönliche Vorteilsnahmen gegangen.
Die Welt, 10.04.2002

It is, after all, the way we capitalists traditionally operate -- for personal gain.
Forbes, Bryan THE ENDLESS GAME
Example sentence:

Modern society today is characterized by individualism, conformism, liberty manipulated for personal gain...

Reference:

https://www.wya.net/op-ed/the-secret-to-a-future-of-flourishing/

Peer comment(s):
agree philgoddard : Though this is not enough context.
1 day 23 hrs
Thank you philgoddard. :) And true about context. Although this would be quite a 'standard' translation which should fit most contexts. See also the second example sentence I gave which I chose due to context being similar (I assume!!).
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks, this works best in context. "
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for their own benefit

"They began to embrace conformism (conformity) purely for their own benefit."

'Benefit' is a bit broader than 'gain'. That's appropriate here because 'Vorteil' could be less tangible or less obvious than 'gain.'
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interest

As in for self interest, or in the interest of self. Conforming for self interest.
Reference:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-interest

https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-role-of-self-interest-in-political-decision-making.html

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1 day 15 hrs
German term (edited): diente dann nur noch der eigenen Vorteilsnahme

was then merely a /another / self-serving exercise

- place in context, with no need to spell out the subject of 'der eigenen'.

Query: nur noch as routine strengthener of 'nur' or qualifies der eigenen Vorteilsnahme.
Example sentence:

One pervasive psychological tendency or bias observed among European Americans is self-enhancement or self-serving bias.

[...] been humbled by the last four years, but is now simply paying lip service to platitudes that are, at best, *self-serving*. [...] mehr als reine Lippenbekenntnisse, die bestenfalls *dem eigenen Vorteil dienen, seien dabei jedoch nicht herausgekommen

Reference:

http://www.linguee.com/english-german/translation/a+self-serving.html

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1 day 23 hrs

personal advantage

If for instance a conformist harms someone else to gain a personal advantage he will suffer from remorse only if he believes that many others would also feel bad about the harmful action.
https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/33917/1/530033267.pd...

He was always deeply honest in his strivings, which never were directed toward his own personal advantage but always toward a general purpose.
http://www.fao.org/3/l5470e/l5470e07.htm
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