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half kwartiertje

English translation: seven or eight minutes


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Dutch term or phrase:half kwartiertje
English translation:seven or eight minutes
Entered by: Ashok Bagri
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Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / tanning
Dutch term or phrase: half kwartiertje
Cosmetica sluiten de poriën af en belemmeren de zuurstofhuishouding van de huid die nodig is om goed te bruinen. Het is UV-INDEX 8. Een kennis van u is goed op de hoogte van de zonkrachtmaterie en besluit een half kwartiertje onbeschermd in de zon te blijven.
Ashok Bagri
India
Local time: 05:43
seven or eight minutes
Explanation:
obviously, the half of a quarter of an hour is 7.30 minutes, but that would be funny in this sentence, since "half kwartiertje" is an approximation. the English should be similarly approximating.
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Ron Willems
Netherlands
Grading comment
Thanks. This was an interesting phrase and your answer is apt.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6seven or eight minutes
Ron Willems
5Half quarter which would be 7 minutes and 30 secondsjvronline
3seven and a half minutes
Olly Pekelharing
3half quarterYasutomo Kanazawa


  

Answers


16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
half quarter


Explanation:
12.5 (twelve point five)
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 09:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Half quarter which would be 7 minutes and 30 seconds


Explanation:
Half quarter which would be 7 minutes and 30 seconds

jvronline
Poland
Local time: 01:13
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
seven or eight minutes


Explanation:
obviously, the half of a quarter of an hour is 7.30 minutes, but that would be funny in this sentence, since "half kwartiertje" is an approximation. the English should be similarly approximating.

Ron Willems
Netherlands
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks. This was an interesting phrase and your answer is apt.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Frank Poppelaars
43 mins
agree  Textpertise
1 hr
agree  Chris Hopley
1 hr
agree  Verginia Ophof
7 hrs
agree  Tina Vonhof: But I wonder if maybe they meant a "stief kwartierke", i.e., more than 15 minutes.
9 hrs
agree  Kitty Brussaard
17 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
seven and a half minutes


Explanation:
My reading is that he sunbathes exactly a 'half kwartiertje'...

Olly Pekelharing
Netherlands
Local time: 01:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Chris Hopley: Surely anyone who spends such an exact amount of time on a sunbed would almost qualify as a Bond villain??!
9 hrs
  -> Certainly has to be dodgy fellow if he's an expert on solar radiation as a means of getting a tan!
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