Re: Superiority/Inferiority
I forwarded your question to my translator who responded with:
"I have had trouble with 'inferiority complex' from the beginning but there are certain 'equivalences' we use that are cast permanently in the literature. Minderwertig literally means of lower value, which would be a person who thinks little of himself, or who has a low self-esteem. Inferiority sounds like a state as decreed by another person. Minderwertigkeit seems not as harsh a feeling as feeling inferior, which seems like a permanent condition. It is possible for an individual to raise his self-esteem with some effort. Inferiority seems like a condition that has been permanently implanted in the individual, or has been decreed by a superior power."
He has not yet responded to the German equivalent of "goal of fictional superiorty." (He did state however, that is was a good question.)
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