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Dutch to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

Dutch term		English translation
aan vlijt ten onder gaan		working ourselves into the grave
‘calimerogevoel’		'underdog'
besteekband		(bookcloth) headband
Die het kleine versmaadt is het groote niet waard.		He that despises the little is not worthy of the great.
dwaallichtjes		wisps, Will-o'-the-Wisps, fenlights, etc.
gué		a ford
Havensnaken		Scallywags
Ik zie het wel zitten + context		I see my/our/the way clear
knepen		folds
levenschrift; leven-schrift		life writing; life-writing	Michael Beijer
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Narrigheden en narigheden		jests and jolts
Oat, oat!		Off with you
op scherp zetten		to sharpen	Dennis Seine
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Overal heerscht de kastegeest en domperij!		caste mentality and intolerance prevails everywhere
pikante geruchten		juicy gossip
sagt		soft	Michael Beijer
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Setiken met him, donderen op, ouwe sok, kedokmiter, perèk, lopen jou naden man.		Choke’m up, get away (you) old fart!, bugger, go rot in hell, go take a trip to the moon, man!
sluizen en viaducten		locks and viaducts
tot wirsien		goot(e) day
turlelut		turlelut	Lianne van de Ven
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uitgerangeerde kerkhistoricus		a now marginalized church historian, a church historian of former importance	Dennis Seine
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volksschoonheid		woman of vulgar beauty
zedenschets		moral drama	Anne Lee
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