Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

herinneringsspoor

English translation:

memory trace

Added to glossary by joeykok
Apr 13, 2010 13:38
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Dutch term

herinneringsspoor

Dutch to English Art/Literary Philosophy Freud
I am busy translating a piece on Freud's theory of hysteria, and my problem word appears in the following sentence:

"Waar Freud niet meer in gelooft, is in zijn theoretische stelling dat de hysterie en de dwangneurose enkel kunnen veroorzaakt zijn door het herinneringsspoor van een seksueel trauma in de kindertijd."

I understand what is meant (trail of memory), but a preliminary search on the net revealed "herinneringsspoor" to be a much-used term, not only in philosphy. I'd like to know if there is an "official" translation in English.

Discussion

Cleartrans Apr 14, 2010:
The idea is that the actual trauma does not lie in the initial event represented in the memory trace (which was Freud's first theory). In his later theory, the memory trace gives rise to trauma after the event: Nachträglichkeit, or deferred action. A childhood event is not traumatic in itself, it becomes traumatic later in life.

(Or, in a different scenario, the traumatic event is only traumatic because it relates to an even earlier situation, for instance infantile desires.)

Translating herinneringsspoor with repressed memories would be inaccurate, in my opinion.
Barend van Zadelhoff Apr 14, 2010:
herinneringsspoor naar mijn mening gaat het niet om verdrongen gevoelens maar puur om wat in het geheugen is achtergebleven van het totaal van indrukken/associaties in een gegeven / unieke situatie

een herinneringsspoor kan zowel "positief", "neutraal" als "negatief" zijn

hij gelooft niet meer dat hysterie, dwangneurose ENKEL veroorzaakt wordt door het herinneringsspoor (de concrete toen / op dat moment in het geheugen achtergebleven indrukken/associaties) maar daarnaast door allerlei andere interne en externe latere factoren (op het moment van het trauma / de registratie daarvan in het geheugen waren er nog geen verdringingen; dat zijn latere reacties op het trauma)

--> Een herinneringsbeeld heeft een context en is verbonden met een scala van associaties waardoor een herinneringsspoor wordt gevormd. (De inhoud van dit herinneringsspoor biedt de fantasie een contactpunt en komt deze als het ware halverwege tegemoet.)

uit: Trauma en identiteit (dit stukje heeft betrekking op opvattingen van Freud)

Herinneringsspoor: Term die de wijze aangeeft waarop de gebeurtenissen in het geheugen worden geregistreerd.

Proposed translations

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memory trace

Not much time to do an internet search, sorry. But I'm pretty sure.

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Here's a link to Google Books with the term: http://www.google.be/#hl=nl&tbo=p&tbs=bks:1&q=freud trauma "... Have to go!

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"Memory trace" occurs in 6 different books of the Complete Works (electronic version). There's a version of the Interpretation of Dreams on Google books:
http://books.google.be/books?id=-pB1UoFnjZcC&printsec=frontc...

Also check this dictionary:
http://books.google.be/books?id=3IUKHBrARx0C&pg=PA157&lpg=PA... (I hope this works ...)

Peer comment(s):

neutral Carolyn Gille : Also good: here's a ref: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3435300909.html
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agree Lianne van de Ven : This is a more specific term, and I agree with your explanation in the discussion!
11 hrs
Thanks Lianne.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks - this was the one I went with. This is also used in the official Strachey translation of Freud's works."
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unconscious memories (repressed)

An alternative account that has come to the fore in recent Freud scholarship emphasizes that the theory as posited by Freud was that hysteria and obsessional neurosis result from unconscious memories of sexual abuse in infancy

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www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freud's_seduction_theory
Example sentence:

His obsessional neurosis result from unconscious memories of sexual abuse in infancy.

Peer comment(s):

agree Tina Vonhof (X) : I would rather use 'repressed memories'.
7 mins
thank you (I think you're right, it's the term most people would recognize).
disagree Lianne van de Ven : I am changing my mind and agree with Christoph's explanation (sorry :-)
3 hrs
thank you Lianne
agree Verginia Ophof
4 hrs
Thank you Verginia
agree Chris Hopley : yes, and with Tina + Lianne
6 hrs
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mnemic trace/memory trace

In haste. Please see.

http://www.answers.com/topic/mnemic-trace-memory-trace

Hope this helps.
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memory imprint

imprint - afdruk, indruk, spoor, stempel

Three symptom clusters are associated with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder):

1. Re-experiencing symptoms

Distressing images, unwanted memories, nightmares or flashbacks of the trauma that cause distress and physical symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath and other panic symptoms. Because the *memory imprint* has not been processed by the brain in the usual way the flashbacks are very vivid and realistic and there is a frightening and uncanny sense of going through the trauma all over again.
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Repressed memory

According to the theory, a repressed memory of an early childhood sexual abuse or molestation experience was the essential precondition for hysterical or obsessional symptoms, with the addition of an active sexual experience up to the age of eight for the latter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freud's_seduction_theory
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