werk maken van

English translation: make a concerted effort

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Dutch term or phrase:	werk maken van
English translation:	make a concerted effort
Entered by:	Lucy Spring

14:55 Jan 8, 2003

Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Dutch term or phrase: werk maken van

Although I have found this in the dictionary, it doesn't seem to suit my purposes. Here is the sentence I have:

De conclusies wijzen allen in dezelfde richting: X moet meer werk maken van actieve openbaarheid van overheidsinformatie.

Lucy Spring

will have to exert more effort/put concerted effort into

Explanation:
something along these lines......

Selected response from:

AllisonK (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 06:24

Grading comment

I've chosen this on the basis of peer grading. I've scribbled down all the answers on the page, so no doubt I'll use an amalgamation of all of them.
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

will have to exert more effort/put concerted effort into

AllisonK (X)

4 +2

increase its efforts

Alexander Schleber (X)

4 +1

make a greater effort to ensure/do (much) more to ensure...

MoiraB

put more emphasis on

LouisV (X)

will have to focus

Serge L

attend to

Henk Peelen

The conclusions all point in the same direction:

jarry (X)

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

will have to exert more effort/put concerted effort into

Explanation:
something along these lines......

AllisonK (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 06:24
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 541

Grading comment

I've chosen this on the basis of peer grading. I've scribbled down all the answers on the page, so no doubt I'll use an amalgamation of all of them.

7 mins confidence:

will have to focus

Explanation:
is misschien ook een mogelijkheid...

HTH,

Serge L.

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of \"will have to concentrate on\"

Serge L
Local time: 06:24
PRO pts in pair: 261

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

increase its efforts

Explanation:
That is the simplest way of saying it.

"...xx will have to increase its efforts ..."

"werk van maken" is usally used in the sense of "I'll do it", in Belgium sometimes tongue-in-cheek, in the sense of "yah well, I'll think about it". But that is not intended here.

Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 06:24
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in pair: 826

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

make a greater effort to ensure/do (much) more to ensure...

Explanation:
HTH

MoiraB
France
Local time: 06:24
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 258

26 mins confidence:

attend to

Explanation:
X will have to attend more to ..

Henk Peelen
Netherlands
Local time: 06:24
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in pair: 756

1 hr confidence:

The conclusions all point in the same direction:

Explanation:
X will have to direct its / their/ his/ her energies/efforts at publishing government information actively.

jarry (X)
South Africa
Local time: 06:24
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 3855

9 hrs confidence:

put more emphasis on

Explanation:
seems more appropriate in the context

LouisV (X)
Australia
Local time: 14:24
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 166

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