a new state of the self, itself

Portuguese translation: um novo estado do "eu", em si mesmo.

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English term or phrase:a new state of the self, itself
Portuguese translation:um novo estado do "eu", em si mesmo.
Entered by: Bruno Fonseca

23:55 Jan 30, 2012
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Psychology / Communication in cyberspace
English term or phrase: a new state of the self, itself
Computers came to be experienced as a "second self". In the early twenty-first century, such language does not go far enough; our new intimacy with communications devices compels us to speak of a new state of the self, itself.
Paula Cardoso
Portugal
Local time: 02:39
um novo estado do "eu", em si mesmo.
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Bruno Fonseca
Ireland
Local time: 02:39
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3 +2um novo estado do "eu", em si mesmo.
Bruno Fonseca
5um "segundo eu"
Susana Ferreira
4um novo estado do self, de si mesmo
Henrique Silva


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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
um novo estado do "eu", em si mesmo.


Explanation:
sug.

Bruno Fonseca
Ireland
Local time: 02:39
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  Ines Matos
3 hrs
  -> Obrigado Inês!

agree  vertebem: Isso mesmo!
6 hrs
  -> Muito obrigado!

agree  Leonor Machado
9 hrs
  -> Obrigado Leonor!

disagree  Daniel Tavares: Sinto muito. De acordo com o texto, o novo estado do eu seria o itself, em contraste ao myself. Infelizmente, não me vem a cabeça nesse momento nenhuma idéia de palavra pra usar nesse contexto.
10 hrs
  -> Agareço a sua opinião Daniel
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1 day 15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
um "segundo eu"


Explanation:
uma duplicação de si mesmo

Susana Ferreira
Portugal
Local time: 02:39
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Native speaker of: Portuguese
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41 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
um novo estado do self, de si mesmo


Explanation:
O termo 'self' tem sido amplamente usado em Psicologia.

Henrique Silva
Brazil
Local time: 22:39
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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