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English translation: import

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Dutch term or phrase:	inlezen
English translation:	import
Entered by:	lpreston

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17:00 Apr 7, 2007

Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Software

Dutch term or phrase: inlezen

Is 'import' the correct term for 'inlezen'?
Sentence:
Als de forms.zip ingelezen wordt komen alle hierbij ingelezen paginas op gepland te staan.

lpreston KudoZ activity Questions: 10 (none open) Answers: 40 United States
Local time: 06:31

import

Explanation:
I think that fits better?

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-04-07 20:38:31 GMT)
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In het Engels is het gebruikelijk on te zeggen "import a file" en dan maakt het niet uit of het een .zip of word file of what dan ook is.

Selected response from:

Saskia
Local time: 05:31

Grading comment

After finishing the entire manual, opted for 'import'.
Later on there is a mentioning of 'kan ingelezen worden in Excel", there you have the option to say 'open in Excel' but 'import fits there too and it helps the consistency.
Thanks a bunch!
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Summary of answers provided

3 +2

import

Saskia

read in

Alice Saunders

3 +1

to read

Harry Borsje

scan

Saskia

Answers

2 hrs confidence:

scan

Explanation:
how are you supposed to "read" the document? with a scanner?

Saskia
Local time: 05:31
Native speaker of:

Dutch,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: Agree, Saskia - I don't think READ is the right answer. You don't read a ZIP file. I'm finding lots of hits for INLEZEN on Dutch sites but nothing that hits me as fitting for my document. Next sentence is: Lees eerst de forms.zip in alvorens het standaard workflow model aan te passen. I even think it might be INSTALL in this case.

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

import

Saskia
Local time: 05:31
Native speaker of:

Dutch,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

to read

Explanation:
In certain cases import is an option, but in this case I'd just stick to read

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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-04-07 21:24:05 GMT)
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As it's not the person behind the computer that's doing the 'inlezen' but the computer itself, I don't see a real problem with the suggested translation. However, if you're looking for an alternative... it's certainly not 'install' - you install an application (and I have no clue as to the origin of 'scan' in this context). A real alternative would be 'load' - in Dutch 'inlezen' is often used as a synonym for 'laden', especially in the context of reading / loading data (which is clearly what is happening here).

Harry Borsje
Netherlands
Local time: 12:31
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Dutch

Notes to answerer

Asker: Harry, I am not sure about READ. The next sentence is: Lees eerst de forms.zip in alvorens het standaard workflow model aan te passen. Who cares if you 'read' the zip, it has to be there to make the rest work. I'm thinking it could even be INSTALL...?

12 hrs confidence:

read in

Explanation:
Harry was almost there. The correct term is "to read in". See the Iate website and many more, such as
http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/04/11/6429.html

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Note added at 16 hrs (2007-04-08 09:53:19 GMT)
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I do know it sounds a lot/too much like a translation but it is the correct term. As a translator of many books and documents about IT, I happen to know this is what you use. I do agree that you can use read (without in) as well but I would prefer the correct term (as many clients do). That is why I said Harry was almost there.

Alice Saunders
Local time: 12:31
Native speaker of:

English

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