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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | | Dutch term or phrase: leesportefeuille | | Something a household might subscribe to - I can't tell whether this is a book club or possibly literary review? Many thanks for any help. |
|  Mary McCuskerKudoZ activityQuestions: 233 ( 2 open) ( 1 without valid answers) ( 11 closed without grading) Answers: 229
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| | portfolio with magazines | Explanation:
Dutch synonym: 'leesmap'
References: Grote van Dale etc.! (not just one)
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Note added at 31 mins (2005-07-28 21:35:14 GMT)
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Explanation in GvD N --> E:
\'selection of popular magazines circulated under a single cover\'
See also 5,970 Google hits to illustrate the idea - - -
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Note added at 6 days (2005-08-04 01:05:49 GMT) Post-grading
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For the benefit of the lonely doubtful \'neutral\':
The above Google hits (6,230 in the meantime, after well over five days) were obtained after our serious efforts to illustrate and explain the general idea of \'leesportefeuille\', \'leesmap\' and the like to colleagues who are not familiar with this typical Dutch institution.
Quite obviously, this term is hardly understood abroad, not just in the US, but also \'south of the border\'.
Just one ref.:
Voordelig leesplezier met onze leesportefeuille van de LEESKRING. ... De prijs
van de stripportefeuille zonder leesportefeuille is € 2,40 per week. ...
www.leeskring-online.nl/ - 25k - In cache - Gelijkwaardige pagina\'s
Hopelijk blijkt deze referentie wel aanklikbaar. |
| Selected response from:
Fred ten Berge
Local time: 06:30
| Grading comment Many thanks. It is difficult to find a translation for this as it is simply not a concept in the US (except in some companies, where there is a circulation file).
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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Explanation:
Dutch synonym: 'leesmap'
References: Grote van Dale etc.! (not just one)
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Note added at 31 mins (2005-07-28 21:35:14 GMT)
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Explanation in GvD N --> E:
\'selection of popular magazines circulated under a single cover\'
See also 5,970 Google hits to illustrate the idea - - -
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Note added at 6 days (2005-08-04 01:05:49 GMT) Post-grading
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For the benefit of the lonely doubtful \'neutral\':
The above Google hits (6,230 in the meantime, after well over five days) were obtained after our serious efforts to illustrate and explain the general idea of \'leesportefeuille\', \'leesmap\' and the like to colleagues who are not familiar with this typical Dutch institution.
Quite obviously, this term is hardly understood abroad, not just in the US, but also \'south of the border\'.
Just one ref.:
Voordelig leesplezier met onze leesportefeuille van de LEESKRING. ... De prijs
van de stripportefeuille zonder leesportefeuille is € 2,40 per week. ...
www.leeskring-online.nl/ - 25k - In cache - Gelijkwaardige pagina\'s
Hopelijk blijkt deze referentie wel aanklikbaar.
| Fred ten Berge
Local time: 06:30
Native speaker of:  Dutch
PRO pts in category: 4
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| | Grading comment | Many thanks. It is difficult to find a translation for this as it is simply not a concept in the US (except in some companies, where there is a circulation file). |
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