Mesaĝoj: 7
Lingvo: English
Bruso (Montri la profilon) 2012-junio-15 10:02:16
Something like "submalinteligentigi"? Not very elegant ...
erinja (Montri la profilon) 2012-junio-15 10:53:09
To dumb down means to over-simplify something because you think someone is stupid.
I would say "trosimpligi" (to over-simplify). You could add an adverb as well to add some more nuance, "insulte trosimpligi" (to over-simplify insultingly).
You could technically say "fitrosimpligi" but I find that "tro" gets lost in the crowd and the word gets hard to parse (you want to read it as fitro/simpl/ig/i, whereas it's obviously meant to be fi/tro/simpl/ig/i).
Bruso (Montri la profilon) 2012-junio-15 11:01:50
erinja:Well, in the context I was thinking of, the meaning is more like "to cause to be stupid".
To dumb down means to over-simplify something because you think someone is stupid.
As in the title of John Taylor Gatto's book Dumbing Us Down, in which the author argues that schools intentionally limit students' intelligence and capabilities.
I'd like to preserve both the meaning and the colloquial flavor of the phrase. I know, that's not easy in translation. But it's a common-enough phrase.
darkweasel (Montri la profilon) 2012-junio-15 11:07:19
Bruso:That’s stultigi - or doesn’t this fit for some reason?
Well, in the context I was thinking of, the meaning is more like "to cause to be stupid".
sudanglo (Montri la profilon) 2012-junio-15 11:19:45
For describing, say, a science programme on TV as 'dumbed down', trosimpligita seems to fit.
Bruso (Montri la profilon) 2012-junio-15 13:44:25
darkweasel:That may be good. I decided to see if there had been any translations of the book and I found just one - in German. It was titled "Verdummt Noch Mal!". "Verdummen" is translated as "stultify" by most sources.
That’s stultigi - or doesn’t this fit for some reason?
Hyperboreus (Montri la profilon) 2012-junio-15 15:16:34