Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
represents
Russian translation:
отражает
English term
represents
Language, according to this view, is merely a vehicle for expressing the conceptual system, which exists independently of it. And, because all the conceptual systems share a common basis, all languages turn out to be fundamentally similar. According to this position, thought determines language. We might characterize this view as the “universalist” position.
The alternative position maintains that thought is difficult to separate from language; each is woven inextricably into the other. Concepts can only take shape if and when we have words and structures in which to express them. Thinking depends crucially upon language. Because the vocabularies and structures of separate languages can vary so widely, it makes no sense to posit conceptual primes of a universal nature. Habitual users of one language will experience and understand the world in ways peculiar to that language and different from those of habitual users of another language. The latter viewpoint might be termed the “relativist” position.
| 3 | отражает |
Mikhail Kropotov
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| 5 | (язык) представляет, описывает (нам мир) |
Ol_Besh
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| 5 | отображает |
ilbe
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| 5 | репрезентирует |
Tatiana Tomayeva
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| 3 | доносит, преподносит, отображает |
George Vardanyan
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Proposed translations
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US-educated, precise & thorough
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Russian
отражает
(язык) представляет, описывает (нам мир)
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Mikhail Kropotov
: я тоже сначала подумал описывает... но ведь это, наверное, первая и главнейшая функция языка? а "represent" это нечто другое. хотя не знаю
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the language - first
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Flemish to Russian, French to Russian, and 22 more.
доносит, преподносит, отображает
отображает
репрезентирует
Например:
"Таким образом, в каждом случае язык репрезентирует объекты и идеи, выраженные в нем. Язык — это удвоение бытия, и мы не можем постигнуть идею или объект, который приходит в мир без слов." (H.A. Голиневич,
M. Мерло-Понти о теории языка и философии).
Или вот Гаспаров пишет:
"Развиваемое в этой главе понимание грамматической категории имеет немало точек пересечения с теорией “ассоциативно-вербальной сети” Караулова: “...грамматика не отделена от лексики, а наоборот, синкретична с ней, разлита, "размазана", так сказать, по ассоциативно-вербальной сети, которая репрезентирует индивидуальный лексикон носителя языка”. (Гаспаров Б. М. Язык, память, образ. Лингвистика языкового существования)
Да, я знаю, что термин корявый. Но в специальных текстах по теории и философии языка принято пользоваться именно им.
http://liber.rsuh.ru/Conf/Sociocult/golinevich.htm
http://www.cjes.ru/lib/content.php?content_id=1943&category_id=3
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