Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
gioco combinatorio
English translation:
pick & mix
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Paul O'Brien
Apr 14, 2009 08:15
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gioco combinatorio
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"Il processo di globalizzazione economica e culturale favorisce l’esposizione a valori, idee e prodotti e marche provenienti da ogni parte del mondo. Questo rende possibile un “gioco combinatorio” che mette insieme influenze provenienti da una molteplicità di ambienti".
TIA for any interesting suggestions (possibly an "official" translation, if there is one).
TIA for any interesting suggestions (possibly an "official" translation, if there is one).
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pick and choose
According to context you can build your sentence using this expression to explain the advantage to "pick and choose" from the best of every world, be it a product, brand, idea, or cultural value.
Example sentence:
Multi-culturalism and globalization enable to selectively pick and choose the best aspects of every society
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Comment: "in the end i came up with "pick & mix" (which i left in inverted commas) and it was cilantro's proposal that brought it to mind. "
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Kevin Pendergast
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mix and match
Unless I've completely misread this, it has nothing to do with game theory. The argument is simply that globalisation multiplies the possible combinations of cultural stimuli.
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James (Jim) Davis
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a mosaic
This means a mosaic can be created by putting together...
I would probably use something better than "this means", but that is not the question.
I would probably use something better than "this means", but that is not the question.
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(cultural) hybrids/crossovers/ the best of all worlds/ a plethora of choice
A few suggestions:
has led to the development of (cultural) hybrids and crossovers
offers the best of all worlds
offers/ has led to a plethora of choice, the best of all worlds
has led to the development of (cultural) hybrids and crossovers
offers the best of all worlds
offers/ has led to a plethora of choice, the best of all worlds
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jigsaw (puzzle)
often referred to w/o "puzzle"
Aronson Elliot (1978), The jigsaw classroom, Sage, Beverly Hills.
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEE...
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http://www.iese.edu/en/files/Apuntes_11_Ingles_tcm4-10104.pd...
http://www.ucalgary.ca/hic/issues/vol3/1 (about 1/2 way down)
http://english.safe-democracy.org/2006/11/23/the-caspian-jig...
http://cis.mahost.org/docs/seven_loose_pieces.doc (...and the source!) ;)
http://econgeog.misc.hit-u.ac.jp/icgg/nsmith_korea.html
http://www.newjordans.org/pdf/BuildingInterfaithUnderstandin... (pg. 8)
http://www.solace.org.uk/documents/sfi/SFI - How equality sh...
http://www.jstor.org/pss/646384
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Aronson Elliot (1978), The jigsaw classroom, Sage, Beverly Hills.
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEE...
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http://www.iese.edu/en/files/Apuntes_11_Ingles_tcm4-10104.pd...
http://www.ucalgary.ca/hic/issues/vol3/1 (about 1/2 way down)
http://english.safe-democracy.org/2006/11/23/the-caspian-jig...
http://cis.mahost.org/docs/seven_loose_pieces.doc (...and the source!) ;)
http://econgeog.misc.hit-u.ac.jp/icgg/nsmith_korea.html
http://www.newjordans.org/pdf/BuildingInterfaithUnderstandin... (pg. 8)
http://www.solace.org.uk/documents/sfi/SFI - How equality sh...
http://www.jstor.org/pss/646384
:)
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Reference:
http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:WNqBVvUgCasJ:www.arcadat...
anything here?
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How to Learn Sociality: True and False Solutions to Mandeville's ...
Strategic Interaction in Economics: The Game Theoretic Alternative. ... Teoria dei giochi e teoria della politica economica (Theory of games and theory of ...
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Well, maybe the second set of refs. are more suitable here as they are talking about global economics:-)
Not my field though so good luck!
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interactive puzzle?
anything here?
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Note added at 18 mins (2009-04-14 08:34:02 GMT)
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How to Learn Sociality: True and False Solutions to Mandeville's ...
Strategic Interaction in Economics: The Game Theoretic Alternative. ... Teoria dei giochi e teoria della politica economica (Theory of games and theory of ...
hope.dukejournals.org/cgi/content/refs/25/2/209 - Similar pages
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Results 1 - 10 of about 2,600 for gioco strategic interaction. (0.27 seconds)
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1. [DOC]
TEORIA DEI GIOCHI
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This course provides an introduction to Game Theory, the formal analysis of strategic interaction. Game Theory now pervades most non-elementary models in ...
didattica.unibocconi.it/mypage/upload/48808_20090114_095850_GTPROGRAM08.DOC - Similar pages
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Well, maybe the second set of refs. are more suitable here as they are talking about global economics:-)
Not my field though so good luck!
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interactive puzzle?
Note from asker:
| seems like it's been translated here as "children's puzzle" which, in my view, is excellent in that specific context, though i don't think it will work in this one. what do you reckon? |
| there's "Combinatorial Game Theory", but i'm not sure it's applicable here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial_game |
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James (Jim) Davis
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Reference:
Highly country specific
It would seem to be a game of making geometrical patterns
http://images.google.com/images?ie=UTF-8&sa=N&sourceid=deskb...
but also a literary style or method (see below)
I racconti fantascientifici di questi anni (Le Cosmicomiche, 1965 e Ti con zero, 1967), sempre condotti con elegante ironia, rientrano in questo clima. Nasce in lui l’idea della letteratura come “gioco combinatorio”, come attività condotta in laboratorio e volta a costruire romanzi artificiali; la parole si sostituiscono alle cose. Questa ipotesi teorica tipicamente postmodernista tende con il tempo a venire declinata con sfiducia crescente. Il gioco combinatorio rivela il nulla che gli sottostà. Gradualmente Calvino prende le distanze sia dall’impegno, sia dalla fiducia nella scienza.
http://images.google.com/images?ie=UTF-8&sa=N&sourceid=deskb...
but also a literary style or method (see below)
I racconti fantascientifici di questi anni (Le Cosmicomiche, 1965 e Ti con zero, 1967), sempre condotti con elegante ironia, rientrano in questo clima. Nasce in lui l’idea della letteratura come “gioco combinatorio”, come attività condotta in laboratorio e volta a costruire romanzi artificiali; la parole si sostituiscono alle cose. Questa ipotesi teorica tipicamente postmodernista tende con il tempo a venire declinata con sfiducia crescente. Il gioco combinatorio rivela il nulla che gli sottostà. Gradualmente Calvino prende le distanze sia dall’impegno, sia dalla fiducia nella scienza.
Note from asker:
| yeah, it's a very italian term. i couldn't find any translations of it. but i like the two suggestions above in the context. |
Peer comments on this reference comment:
| agree |
Kevin Pendergast
: Admittedly, the specific analogy is lost if my answer is used. At the same time, I don't think preserving that specific analogy is essential in this context.
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Getting in a quick ref to Italo Calvino that worked well without a footnote would be a bit difficult ;-)
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