Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Intelligence doesn't exist in contradiction
Japanese translation:
知性は矛盾に存在しない
English term
Intelligence doesn't exist in contradiction
| 2 +6 | 知性は矛盾に存在しない |
KathyT
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| 5 | 矛盾に知性は不在、知性と矛盾は共存せず, 知性と矛盾は二律背反 |
humbird
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| 4 -1 | 知性に矛盾はない |
Katsunori Higuchi
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Jul 18, 2005 10:32: mstkwasa changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): KathyT, Katsunori Higuchi, mstkwasa
Non-PRO (1): humbird
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Proposed translations
知性は矛盾に存在しない
Intelligence = 知能/知性 (chinou/chisei)
exist = 存在する (sonzai suru)
contradiction = 矛盾 (mujun)
"Chisei-wa mujun-ni sonzai shinai."
知性は 矛盾に 存在しない。
ちせいはむじゅんにそんざいしない。
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Rie Fukuoka
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Thank you, rfuku-san ;-)
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proto
: most accurate according to explanation. Without explanation, I'd have thought "contradiction" meant "argument（反論）" and not "oxymoron（矛盾）." It's pretty ambiguous, if not quoting you may want to consider rephrasing...
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Yes, the English isn't exactly transparent to begin with... thanks, proto-san ;-)
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Saiwai Translation Services
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Thanks, STS ;-)
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mstkwasa
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Thanks, Mr. Wasa ;-)
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Can Altinbay
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Thank you, Can ;-)
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statusquo (X)
: I like this best. It seems like sayings always end with せず instead of しない though, maybe it'd be appropriate in this case?
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Thanks, SQ. Yeah, considered せず and certainly could be interchanged if nec. Not sure what the target/purpose of this Kudoz Q is, tho' ;-)
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Linguistic correctness and readability
Native in: Japanese (Variant: Kansai) 
Works in: English to Japanese, Japanese to English
知性に矛盾はない
How about it ?
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proto
: explanation indicates the reverse of this. Explanation states that there is no intelligence in contradicting, not that there are no contradictions in intelligence...
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Thanks forthe information. But in this case, the meaning of the sentence is what I said.
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矛盾に知性は不在、知性と矛盾は共存せず, 知性と矛盾は二律背反
To put it differently, first one say: "Contradiction does not possess intelligence."
The second: "Intellegence and contradiction does not support each other."
The third: "Intelligence and contradiction are antinomy to each other".
Tried to be as philosophical as possible.
It is like a Zen-riddle, and you know very well Zen is one of the highest developed form of philosophy.
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