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Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama | | Dutch term or phrase: druk zakdoekjes uit elkaar rukkend | | The context is a woman watching her beloved leave her at the end of a film; he leaves her, "druk zakdoekjes uit elkaar rukkend." |
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| | fidgeting with tissues | Explanation:
a very un-poetic/functional description by the author.....
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Note added at 53 mins (2008-07-28 21:28:18 GMT)
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well, to be very literal: she was fidgety pulling tissues apart.... |
| Selected response from:
 Lianne Van De Ven
United States
Local time: 06:30
| Grading comment Thanks to both Lianne and Sindy. I choose Lianne because "fidgety" best gets at what I think the author's intended image here is, although obviously "busily ripping apart handkerchiefs" a very close translation (but somehow oddly phrased, I agree). Thanks so much to everyone (to Tina as well).
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