Nov 14, 2004 17:06
19 yrs ago
Russian term

общецивилизационный план

Russian to English Other Philosophy
A speech by Gorbachev, given in 1990 and concerning perestroika

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В результате в общецивилизационном плане в ряде важных сфер и направлений мы остались как бы в прошлой технологической эпохе

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in terms of civilization as a whole

or: world civilization
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agree Emil Tubinshlak
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agree JoeYeckley (X)
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agree Kevin Kelly
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agree protolmach
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agree Dorene Cornwell
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global civilisational context

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by comparison to civilization as a whole

Something like: "As a result, by comparison to civilization as a whole, in a number of important spheres and dimensions, it is as if we remain in the last technological era."

I am inferring several of the verbal pauses that are not represented in the written text. I may be making the idea of comparison slightly stronger, but not by much.
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neutral Dorene Cornwell : maybe "compared to ..."
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in relation to civiliz(s)ation as a whole

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