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English translation: Cape Coloured


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14:02 Jun 3, 2009
Afrikaans to English translations [PRO]
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs / birth cert
Afrikaans term or phrase: K/Kleurling
It is listed as the population group...
Word Perfect
Local time: 22:57
English translation:Cape Coloured
Explanation:
It refers to the people living in the Cape Area. It was used in the old Apartheid days to classify brown people
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Annabel Rautenbach
Local time: 23:57
Grading comment
Thanks!!!!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4Cape ColouredAnnabel Rautenbach
5Colouredlexispro
5Coloured
aubreydewet


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Cape Coloured


Explanation:
It refers to the people living in the Cape Area. It was used in the old Apartheid days to classify brown people

Annabel Rautenbach
Local time: 23:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in AfrikaansAfrikaans
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks!!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  aubreydewet: Whoa, dit was vinnig..!
6 mins

agree  Samuel Murray
1 hr

agree  Kas Smit
15 hrs

agree  Eugene Seegers
113 days
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Coloured


Explanation:
This is for people of black/white mixed heritage.

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Note added at 2 mins (2009-06-03 14:04:31 GMT)
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Or sometimes also 'Brown'

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-06-03 14:12:11 GMT) Post-grading
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I think we may then need some more context. If it's a modern text (i.e. used today), then I would stick to Coloured or Brown. If it is more historical, rather take Annabel's answer.

aubreydewet
South Africa
Local time: 23:57
Native speaker of: Native in AfrikaansAfrikaans

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Annabel Rautenbach: Sorry, I did not see your answer... Don't you think it maybe refers to the old "Cape Coloureds" or "Capies"?
3 mins

neutral  Samuel Murray: Just "coloured" may not be accurate. The Apartheid government distinguished between types of coloured, and K/Kleurling is probably Cape Coloured, most of whom were Malay or related.
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Kleurling
Coloured


Explanation:
"Coloured" indicates the issue of mixed (initially black and white, or subsequently black and coloured or white and coloured ) parentage.

lexispro
Local time: 23:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in AfrikaansAfrikaans
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