From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Mon Aug 04 2003 - 06:38:50 MDT
In Swedish we say "extropian" (pronounced like "indian"), which works
but sounds like a weird native group somewhere (the unusual rites of the
extropian tribes of the California archipelago? :-). Extropianism is
also identical, but feels rahter heavy. The extropian principles becomes
"de extropiska principerna". Transhumanism also works as a direct
borrowing.
The real problem has always been what to translate "transhuman" into.
"Transmänniska" sounds very much like a transexual, "mermänniska" is a
rather literal overman and has the same vibes. Some use the term
transhuman, but it does not work well. Posthuman is usually said as
"postmänniska" and works, although it does give the feeling that they
work for the postal office.
On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 09:53:35AM +0200, Hubert Mania wrote:
> Damien wondered:
>
> > In the case of `extropy', I find it hard to see how this recently coined
> > noun has any special claim to group-membership status. The usual patterns
> > in German (I think) suggest that the equivalent term for extropy theory in
> > that language would be `extropismus', akin to `extropism' in English--as
> > indeed it does seem to be used in Europe--and I admit that's rather ugly.
>
> I remember similar discussion a couple of yeras ago among German
> transhumanists how to translate the extropy related terms. "Extropismus"
> would indeed be a possible solution, but I believe almost every native
> German speaker would feel that this sounds a bit indecent or at least
> ridiculous, since the stress is not on "ex" but on the syllable "pis" and
> this does not sound soft but rather like "piss".
>
> I guess, back then we agreed on
>
> extropian = Extropianer
> extropian principles = extropische Grundsätze
> extropianism = Extropianismus
>
> Hubert
>
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