TERM AND TRANSLATION

virtual / the virtual

virtuel / le virtuelvirtual / the virtual

潜在态 pairs with 现实态 as two states of the same real and remains distinct from the digital sense of virtual.

Atlas working translation

潜在态

The virtual is a fully real field of differential relations capable of actualization, distinct from falsity and preformed possibility.

01
Gilles Deleuze, Le Bergsonisme, PUF, 1966
Primary text for Deleuze’s reconstruction of duration, memory, the virtual, and multiplicity.
02
Gilles Deleuze, Différence et répétition, PUF, 1968
French primary text.
03
Gilles Deleuze, Cinéma 2. L’image-temps, Minuit, 1985
French primary text and terminological baseline.
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《电影2：时间—影像》，谢强、蔡若明、马月译，湖南美术出版社，2004
Published Mainland Chinese translation; pagination identifies this edition.
05
《柏格森主义》，安靖译，上海人民出版社，2023
Published Mainland translation documenting current Chinese philosophical usage.
06
“德勒兹词典”中文社区语料
Community index for discovering regional and historical variants.
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Time-Image Research Atlas terminology policy, v1
Atlas terms govern prose, aliases remain searchable, and original-language forms accompany first use.