Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

negative register

English answer:

people with a negative approach, bad attitude

Added to glossary by Oso (X)
Jun 25, 2005 03:12
18 yrs ago
English term

negative register

English Social Sciences Petroleum Eng/Sci
Could you please tell me what does mean “ negative register” in the following sentences:
Leaders who emit the negative register- who are irritable, touchy, domineering, cold- repel people.
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Jun 26, 2005 05:23: Oso (X) changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences"

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Non-ProZ.com Jun 26, 2005:
many thanks,all.
Non-ProZ.com Jun 25, 2005:
Dear Rita: many thanks.
RHELLER Jun 25, 2005:
your answer is in the sentence above (who are irritable, touchy, domineering and cold)

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people with a negative approach, bad attitude

Good luck from Oso ¶:^)
Peer comment(s):

agree Kim Metzger : Register - very important concept for translators: level of language chosen for a particular social context.
19 mins
Thanks, Kim ¶:^)
agree Alfa Trans (X)
5 hrs
Thank you, Marju ¶:^)
agree Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
6 hrs
Thank you, Saleh ¶:^)
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3 mins

negative empathy // no or immature emotional intelligence

Other key aspects of emotional intelligence are:

The temperament: the personal predisposition to react in life with a positive or negative register.
Self-control: the capacity to identify and control our impulses and emotions.
Empathy: the capacity to share another person’s feelings or to imagine what others feel.
Emotional simultaneity: the capacity of some persons to connect with people (political leaders).
Character and personality.

Mike :)


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Note added at 4 mins (2005-06-25 03:17:27 GMT)
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Look at this site:

LUCES Guide: Maturation and personal development for success
... on intelligence, but most of them prefer the definition “capacity to adapt ... to react
in life with a positive or negative register. ... Character and personality. ...
www.ppdi.net/GuiaLUCES/en/Content/Chapter08.htm - 90k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages



Peer comment(s):

agree Ernesto de Lara
1 hr
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-1
9 mins

demotivate

people that demotivate
Peer comment(s):

disagree Kim Metzger : The asker needs a noun phrase. The verb is not a synonym of "negative register."
11 hrs
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