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English translation: key features


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Dutch term or phrase:sterkmakers
English translation:key features
Entered by: MoiraB
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13:06 Sep 10, 2007
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Dutch term or phrase: sterkmakers
Business school has completely revamped its website.

U wenst op een snelle en efficiënte manier inzicht te krijgen in ons rijk aanbod aan managementopleidingen?
Op onze volledig vernieuwde website vindt u makkelijk uw weg naar de meest geschikte managementopleiding voor u.

Meer transparantie en een doorgedreven gebruiksvriendelijkheid zijn voortaan de **sterkmakers**
MoiraB
Local time: 06:31
Strengths
Explanation:
Key features or plus points.
Cannot find any evidence to back this up but it would fit the context. You might have to expand the actual phrasing to make it sound better.
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Denimmish
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:31
Grading comment
I think the business school might prefer to think of something else as its key strengths or forte (!) so 'key features' seems best in the website context. Thanks, everyone.
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Summary of answers provided
2 +3Strengths
Denimmish
3 +2forteHarry Borsje


  

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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
forte


Explanation:
This might work - with a wink to the original (ab)use of the word sterkmakers.

From now on (...) will be our forte.



    Reference: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002598.h...
Harry Borsje
Netherlands
Local time: 06:31
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  earthreptile
40 mins
agree  Albert Stufkens
9 hrs
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Strengths


Explanation:
Key features or plus points.
Cannot find any evidence to back this up but it would fit the context. You might have to expand the actual phrasing to make it sound better.

Denimmish
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:31
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I think the business school might prefer to think of something else as its key strengths or forte (!) so 'key features' seems best in the website context. Thanks, everyone.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  katerina turevich: key points, probably, plus points being advantages for the user, and key points being the main points they concetrate on
41 mins
  -> Thanks Katerina
agree  Tina Vonhof: Or to incorporate Katerina's suggestion: key strenghts.
4 hrs
  -> Thanks Tina, key strengths sounds good.
agree  Saskia Steur: I like key strengths, too
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Saskia
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