Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Pensée Unique
English translation:
hegemonic thought
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French term
Pensée Unique
French to English
Science
Meteorology
Les média, les écologistes et les politiques tendent à accréditer l'idée que l'affaire est entendue : Le réchauffement global proviendrait de l'effet de serre engendré par le CO2 que nous envoyons à profusion dans l'atmosphère, disent-ils... Mais au fait, sur quelles "certitudes" scientifiques reposent ces affirmations ?
Pour vous aider à vous forger votre propre opinion qui n'est pas nécessairement celle de la Pensée Unique , l'auteur vous prend par la main et vous explique aussi simplement que possible les forces et les faiblesses des théories du réchauffement climatique en présence. Car, il n'y en pas qu'une, loin de là ! Et, au moins, une des autres théories contredit gravement la Pensée Unique... Vous trouverez aussi ici des informations sur les articles scientifiques les plus récents, dont beaucoup mettent en défaut le fameux modèle d'effet de serre et constamment tenus à jour.
Pour vous aider à vous forger votre propre opinion qui n'est pas nécessairement celle de la Pensée Unique , l'auteur vous prend par la main et vous explique aussi simplement que possible les forces et les faiblesses des théories du réchauffement climatique en présence. Car, il n'y en pas qu'une, loin de là ! Et, au moins, une des autres théories contredit gravement la Pensée Unique... Vous trouverez aussi ici des informations sur les articles scientifiques les plus récents, dont beaucoup mettent en défaut le fameux modèle d'effet de serre et constamment tenus à jour.
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hegemonic thought
Hello Dr. Jones,
I see what you mean now: none of the answers really fitted (including my first one). I agree that this is more on the lines of what you're after.
I'm glad to have helped you.
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hegemonic
I see what you mean now: none of the answers really fitted (including my first one). I agree that this is more on the lines of what you're after.
I'm glad to have helped you.
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hegemonic
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
11 mins
single view
I toyed with grassroots opinion, popular (mis) conception but found this which is closer. Doubt it needs capitals in English.
FULL SENATE REPORT: U.S. Senate Report: Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man-Made Global Warming Claims in 2007
December 20, 2007
This report is in the spirit of enlightenment philosopher Denis Diderot who reportedly said, "Skepticism is the first step towards truth."
[Disclaimer: The following scientists named in this report have expressed a range of views from skepticism to outright rejection of predictions of catastrophic man-made global warming. As in all science, there is no lock step single view.]
FULL SENATE REPORT: U.S. Senate Report: Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man-Made Global Warming Claims in 2007
December 20, 2007
This report is in the spirit of enlightenment philosopher Denis Diderot who reportedly said, "Skepticism is the first step towards truth."
[Disclaimer: The following scientists named in this report have expressed a range of views from skepticism to outright rejection of predictions of catastrophic man-made global warming. As in all science, there is no lock step single view.]
Note from asker:
| have a problem with all these answers (btw thanks to all); this is that the term appears to be uniquely French in as much as it refers, indeed to a 'prevaling concensus' but this concensus is US-Anglo-Saxon driven; it also includes the notion of globalisation , and this is why none of the responses seem to satisfy me completely |
27 mins
Sara Rodriguez
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Ready to work in English/Spanish/French
Native in: English (Variants: US South, US) 
, Spanish (Variant: US)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to English, and 3 more.
Original Theory
In this case the speaker is pondering a scientific test for a given hypothesis. Therefore, I would determine this to be considered and called a theory in this context. He seems to be attempting to determine if this should be the only theory accepted for this scenario.
Ces phrases parle de quelqu'un qui est en tren de justifier le théorie que "Le réchauffement global proviendrait de l'effet de serre engendré par le CO2 que nous envoyons à profusion dans l'atmosphère."
Ces phrases parle de quelqu'un qui est en tren de justifier le théorie que "Le réchauffement global proviendrait de l'effet de serre engendré par le CO2 que nous envoyons à profusion dans l'atmosphère."
Note from asker:
| have a problem with all these answers (btw thanks to all); this is that the term appears to be uniquely French in as much as it refers, indeed to a 'prevaling concensus' but this concensus is US-Anglo-Saxon driven; it also includes the notion of globalisation , and this is why none of the responses seem to satisfy me completely |
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24 mins
Tarik Boussetta
You come, You see, and YOU CONQUER!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, Arabic to French, and 2 more.
single thought / single vision of the world
single thought / single vision of the world
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensée_unique
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Still translators are choosers not beggars! We choose what suits;)
thx anyway
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensée_unique
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Still translators are choosers not beggars! We choose what suits;)
thx anyway
Note from asker:
| Thanks Tarik but I don't think Wikipedia is a serious reference for translators |
| have a problem with all these answers (btw thanks to all); this is that the term appears to be uniquely French in as much as it refers, indeed to a 'prevaling concensus' but this concensus is US-Anglo-Saxon driven; it also includes the notion of globalisation , and this is why none of the responses seem to satisfy me completely |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Claire Chapman
: single thought
3 hrs
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Thx Claire ;)
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MatthewLaSon
: The idea is exactly that. There are others way to translate this. Perhaps "one-track" mindset. By the way, there is NOTHING wrong with using wikipedia as a reference. Sometimes it gives the clearest explanations on the Web. It all depends!
11 hrs
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Thx dear friend;)
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1 hr
Received Opinion
Common, widely-used expression
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Prevailing theory, Ruling theory
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Prevailing theory, Ruling theory
Note from asker:
| I have a problem with all these answers (btw thanks to all); this is that the term appears to be uniquely French in as much as it refers, indeed to a 'prevaling concensus' but this concensus is US-Anglo-Saxon driven; it also includes the notion of globalisation , and this is why none of the responses seem to satisfy me completely |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Andrew Mason
: With just the right dose of disdain............;
1 hr
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| agree |
Bourth (X)
: I'd say "received wisdom" but it's the same notion.
14 hrs
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2 hrs
one-size-fits-all thinking
Another solution I rather like.
References:
The world is complex - deal with it!
An all too common belief in the academic world, as well as in policy, is to see every new idea as the ultimate cure - the panacea. We need to reject this*** “one-size fits all thinking” ***and deal with the inherent complexity and uncertainty of nature and societies, says political scientist Elinor Ostrom.
http://www.albaeco.com/sdu/32/htm/main.htm
ONE SIZE DOESN’T FIT ALL
CRITICS PROMOTE AN ALTERNATIVE VISION OF GLOBAL TRADE
www.canadians.org/publications/CP/2005/spring/CP_summer_05_... -
This government scheme is an obvious administrative & logistical nightmare and will be incredibly complex in operation - to the point of being unworkable. Nothing changes there then. Huge numbers of people have no fire on which to burn rubbish nor a garden in which to compost. It is an example of insane PC ***one-size-fits-all thinking ***to make every citizen a rubbish sorter - when we can do it so much better at large collection points to which councils take unsorted rubbish. The issue too is about over-packaged items, mainly foodstuffs.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/3640162/The-trouble-with-...
Preventing Strategic Gridlock
"One-Size-Fits-All Thinking: The tendency to think one solution will meet everyone's needs."
www.strategyletter.com/CD1104/book_review.php
References:
The world is complex - deal with it!
An all too common belief in the academic world, as well as in policy, is to see every new idea as the ultimate cure - the panacea. We need to reject this*** “one-size fits all thinking” ***and deal with the inherent complexity and uncertainty of nature and societies, says political scientist Elinor Ostrom.
http://www.albaeco.com/sdu/32/htm/main.htm
ONE SIZE DOESN’T FIT ALL
CRITICS PROMOTE AN ALTERNATIVE VISION OF GLOBAL TRADE
www.canadians.org/publications/CP/2005/spring/CP_summer_05_... -
This government scheme is an obvious administrative & logistical nightmare and will be incredibly complex in operation - to the point of being unworkable. Nothing changes there then. Huge numbers of people have no fire on which to burn rubbish nor a garden in which to compost. It is an example of insane PC ***one-size-fits-all thinking ***to make every citizen a rubbish sorter - when we can do it so much better at large collection points to which councils take unsorted rubbish. The issue too is about over-packaged items, mainly foodstuffs.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/3640162/The-trouble-with-...
Preventing Strategic Gridlock
"One-Size-Fits-All Thinking: The tendency to think one solution will meet everyone's needs."
www.strategyletter.com/CD1104/book_review.php
3 hrs
Lidia Saragaço
Portugal
Portugal
Native in English
Portugal
Accuracy & Reliability of 30+ years
Native in: English , Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to Portuguese
Unanimous thinking / Pensée Unique
see this example: Unanimous thinking—a more accurate translation of the renowned pensée unique would be ‘the only thinking’—is not, of course, confined to France.
in
http://www.newleftreview.org/?search=1&topbarsearch=pensée
I think the expression "pensée unique" implies concensus or concensual thinking so "unanimous thinking" would be an acceptable translation.
Personally I would use the original expression.
see these examples:
We show that this induces the editors of the newspapers to moderate the political message they display to their readers in order to make their newspaper more attractive as a media support for the advertisers, fostering thereby the ascent of the "Pensee Unique". in
http://ideas.repec.org/p/fth/louvco/2000-8.html
As Jonathan points out, Le Pen’s vote tends to be understated in opinion polls, presumably because expressions of support are out of kilter with ‘la pensee unique’. Disturbingly, Le Pen has greater overt support now than at the equivalent stage of the 2002 campaign. A reported 42% of voters are undecided.
in
http://allthemorereason.wordpress.com/2007/04/16/la-pensee-u...
1 hr
mainstream opinion / Pensée Unique
Leaving the original French phrase in an English text is also a current trend in journalistic and academic writing style.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensée_unique
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Just to add that Pensée Unique is a proper name of a social concept and therefore it is often used in original ( Pensée Unique ). It is presumed that the ideas of this concept are known to respective academic readers.
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Aussi : mainstream thinking
9 hrs
conventional thought
another possibility
Note from asker:
| have a problem with all these answers (btw thanks to all); this is that the term appears to be uniquely French in as much as it refers, indeed to a 'prevaling concensus' but this concensus is US-Anglo-Saxon driven; it also includes the notion of globalisation , and this is why none of the responses seem to satisfy me completely |
11 hrs
the "one-track" mindset
Hello,
They mean that there is this pervasive one-track mind with regard to this issue.
I believe that "pensée" is capitalized in order to show it as a trend (like a philosophical term). I'm not sure I'd capitalize anything in English, but I might put "one-track" in quotations.
I hope this helps.
They mean that there is this pervasive one-track mind with regard to this issue.
I believe that "pensée" is capitalized in order to show it as a trend (like a philosophical term). I'm not sure I'd capitalize anything in English, but I might put "one-track" in quotations.
I hope this helps.
Note from asker:
| have a problem with all these answers (btw thanks to all); this is that the term appears to be uniquely French in as much as it refers, indeed to a 'prevaling concensus' but this concensus is US-Anglo-Saxon driven; it also includes the notion of globalisation , and this is why none of the responses seem to satisfy me completely |
| Can you put in 'hegemonic thought ' as an answer Matthew; I think you've found the right one |
1 day 2 hrs
prevailing consensus
or ruling consensus or dominant consensus
Note from asker:
| have a problem with all these answers (btw thanks to all); this is that the term appears to be uniquely French in as much as it refers, indeed to a 'prevaling concensus' but this concensus is US-Anglo-Saxon driven; it also includes the notion of globalisation , and this is why none of the responses seem to satisfy me completely |
2 days 4 hrs
accepted wisdom
in light of your reservations, this might convey the slant you seek to the nostion of CONSENSUS
interesting debate here;
Patterico’s Pontifications » Accepted WisdomFiled under: Accepted Wisdom, Environment — Justin Levine @ 5:10 pm. [posted by Justin Levine]. In case you still haven’t heard the news, global warming ...
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interesting debate here;
Patterico’s Pontifications » Accepted WisdomFiled under: Accepted Wisdom, Environment — Justin Levine @ 5:10 pm. [posted by Justin Levine]. In case you still haven’t heard the news, global warming ...
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Reference comments
4 hrs
Claire Chapman
Native in English
All things textile
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French, English
Reference:
Single Thought
It comes as no surprise that the French state nobility has streamlined public opinion over the years into an ideology that strengthens its own legitimacy. The French still love to debate, of course. And they may at times rebel against the state ideology, routinely referred to as **"la pensée unique" (the "single thought")**. But some dogmas are just beyond discussion, and some questions are off limits. Such is the case with anti-Americanism, a very convenient tool that brings together right-wing nationalists, in the Gaullist or Vichy tradition, with
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/00...
Only the development of open, inclusive ways of thought that acknowledge the diverse worldviews of peoples, their multiple forms of expression, of knowledge, of creative and artistic production, will lead to the necessary break from single thought (pensée unique), that is imposed through the supremacy of the values of a dominant minority assuming them as universal.
http://alainet.org/publica/cmrx/en/pluralistic.html
The single thought (La pensée unique : in French)
It is the one which does not integrate the difference of sexes, the one which integrates only a purely imaginary version of it. It doesn't deal with Symbolic system. It gives formulas like: "A dog is a dog" or "A" ="A". It means identification with the others.
http://www.lituraterre.org/Illiteracy-Another_approach_of_il...
We will reflect upon the wider reaching effects on both source and target languages and cultures of translation becoming simply part of the process of localization of "la pensée unique" (single thought).
http://www.iti-conference.org.uk/itic21/sessions/invasion_of...
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/00...
Only the development of open, inclusive ways of thought that acknowledge the diverse worldviews of peoples, their multiple forms of expression, of knowledge, of creative and artistic production, will lead to the necessary break from single thought (pensée unique), that is imposed through the supremacy of the values of a dominant minority assuming them as universal.
http://alainet.org/publica/cmrx/en/pluralistic.html
The single thought (La pensée unique : in French)
It is the one which does not integrate the difference of sexes, the one which integrates only a purely imaginary version of it. It doesn't deal with Symbolic system. It gives formulas like: "A dog is a dog" or "A" ="A". It means identification with the others.
http://www.lituraterre.org/Illiteracy-Another_approach_of_il...
We will reflect upon the wider reaching effects on both source and target languages and cultures of translation becoming simply part of the process of localization of "la pensée unique" (single thought).
http://www.iti-conference.org.uk/itic21/sessions/invasion_of...
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