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Op-/Afbouw dagen

English translation: prepare/break your fast

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Dutch term or phrase:Op-/Afbouw dagen
English translation:prepare/break your fast
Entered by: Froukje Frijlink

05:14 Apr 15, 2010
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Healt, Diet and Sport
Dutch term or phrase: Op-/Afbouw dagen
The text is about "sport fasting" (sportvasten) and the protocol regarding this method consists of "op- en afbouw dagen": You're 'building up' to a certain phase in the method (only juice), and after that you're slowly getting yourself back into normal food and off fasting. I just don't seem to be able to come up with a suitable English term/translation however for both type of days..is there perhaps somebody out there who's brain is working today? ;-)

Thanks for your help, much appreciated.
Froukje Frijlink
Netherlands
Local time: 11:44
prepare/break your fast
Explanation:
http://thefastingpath.com/fasting/preparing-for-your-fast
http://thefastingpath.com/fasting/preparing-for-your-fast

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Note added at 26 mins (2010-04-15 05:41:43 GMT)
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Sorry, dat was 2x dezelfde link:
http://www.quickfasting.com/how_to_break_your_fast.html
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Lianne van de Ven
United States
Local time: 05:44
Grading comment
Hoewel inderdaad niet de elegantste oplossing, is het volgens mij wel de beste vertaling. Bedankt voor je moeite!
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4 +1prepare/break your fast
Lianne van de Ven
4 +1ease-in / east-out phase
Bryan Crumpler


  

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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
prepare/break your fast


Explanation:
http://thefastingpath.com/fasting/preparing-for-your-fast
http://thefastingpath.com/fasting/preparing-for-your-fast

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Note added at 26 mins (2010-04-15 05:41:43 GMT)
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Sorry, dat was 2x dezelfde link:
http://www.quickfasting.com/how_to_break_your_fast.html

Lianne van de Ven
United States
Local time: 05:44
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 22
Grading comment
Hoewel inderdaad niet de elegantste oplossing, is het volgens mij wel de beste vertaling. Bedankt voor je moeite!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carolyn Gille
5 hrs
  -> thanks C
agree  Barend van Zadelhoff: Or: days of preparing your fast and days of breaking your fast, or preparation days and termination (?) days, or ...
10 hrs
  -> bedankt Barend
disagree  Bryan Crumpler: I hate to be the dissenter, but this is soooooo inelegant for a translation. It's more so an explanation of a concept, which makes me wary
3 days 12 hrs
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3 days 12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ease-in / east-out phase


Explanation:
FYI, there's no such thing as a "sports fast"

Fasting and athletics are not compatible, and anyone involved in sports likely would not be "fasting" at all to beginwith, given that fasting deprives them of just the type of energy they need to be athletic. Sounds to me like you might be translating some cockamamie marketing crudd where they're trying to sell some fad idea (one that is likely highly unsupported medically/clinically). To any athlete who's ever followed an athletic diet regimen, this sounds like utter nonsense.

Anyhow, the Master Cleanse (a detox regimen) calls these ease-in and ease-out days. For the purposes of talking about them together, you could label them the ease-in / ease-out phase or the ease in/out phase.

Take your pick.

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Note added at 3 days12 hrs (2010-04-18 17:53:18 GMT)
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east => ease

Bryan Crumpler
United States
Local time: 05:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lianne van de Ven: A good alternative Brian. The 'sports fast' (diet rather than fast) is primarily focused on weight loss, where movement and sports are part of the (total) body make-over. Sure this is medically supported, and better than just fasting alone!
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